CVE-2021-31322
Published: 18 May 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-31322 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Telegram Telegram. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-18232
Vulnerability details
Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Heap Buffer Overflow in the LOTGradient::populate function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to access heap memory…
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out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.