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Ubuntu: USN-5119-1 (CVE-2021-30498): libcaca vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5119-1 (CVE-2021-30498): libcaca vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/26/2021
Created
10/28/2021
Added
10/22/2021
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A flaw was found in libcaca. A heap buffer overflow in export.c in function export_tga might lead to memory corruption and other potential consequences.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-caca-utils
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcaca0

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