CVE-2024-55918

Publication date 13 December 2024

Last updated 30 May 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An issue was discovered in the Graphics::ColorNames package before 3.2.0 for Perl. There is an ambiguity between modules and filenames that can lead to HTML injection by an attacker who can create a file in the current working directory.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libgraphics-colornames-perl	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Needs evaluation
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	Low
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55918
https://metacpan.org/dist/Graphics-ColorNames
https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Graphics-ColorNames-v3.2.0/changes
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=54500