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high 7.1

CVE-2021-31320 json

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Heap Buffer Overflow in the VGradientCache::ge…

published 2021-05-18 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-18230

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Heap Buffer Overflow in the VGradientCache::generateGradientColorTable function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite heap memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Patch / fix

  • telegram telegram 7.1.0
  • rlottie Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 0~git20200305.a717479+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31320

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • shielder.it https://www.shielder.it/blog/2021/02/hunting-for-bugs-in-telegrams-animated-stickers-remote-attack-surface/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • shielder.it https://www.shielder.it/advisories/telegram-rlottie-vgradientcache-generategradientcolortable-heap-buffer-overflow/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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