Stack memory disclosure via negative blit index
Published May 18, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Stack overflow in Telegram clients allows remote attackers to read stack memory via a malicious animated sticker. In rlottie's blit function, a negative spans->x bypasses a one-sided upper-bound check, so buffer + x points before the stack buffer and std::max dereferences it. An attacker must deliver an arbitrary sticker through a secret chat and the recipient must open that chat; ordinary chats filter uploaded stickers.
Summary
What happened
Stack overflow in Telegram clients allows remote attackers to read stack memory via a malicious animated sticker. In rlottie's blit function, a negative spans->x bypasses a one-sided upper-bound check, so buffer + x points before the stack buffer and std::max dereferences it. An attacker must deliver an arbitrary sticker through a secret chat and the recipient must open that chat; ordinary chats filter uploaded stickers.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-31315
- Published
- May 18, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1203, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- May 18, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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