CVE-2021-31317
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Type Confusion in the VDasher constructor of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to access Telegram's heap memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.
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affected products (6)
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references (8)
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31317cnnvd
- https://telegram.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.shielder.it/advisories/telegram-rlottie-vdasher-vdasher-type-confusion/cnnvd
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/2021/02/hunting-for-bugs-in-telegrams-animated-stickers-remote-attack-surface/cnnvd
- https://www.shielder.it/advisories/telegram-rlottie-vdasher-vdasher-type-confusion/enisa_euvd
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/2021/02/hunting-for-bugs-in-telegrams-animated-stickers-remote-attack-surface/enisa_euvd
- https://www.shielder.it/advisories/telegram-rlottie-vdasher-vdasher-type-confusion/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/2021/02/hunting-for-bugs-in-telegrams-animated-stickers-remote-attack-surface/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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