5.5

CVE-2021-36083: kde kimageformats Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2021-36083DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36083
Published 01-07-2021Last modified 04-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-36083 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in kde kimageformats. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.95%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 01-07-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

KDE KImageFormats 5.70.0 through 5.81.0 has a stack-based buffer overflow in XCFImageFormat::loadTileRLE.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.95% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.chromium.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • kimageformats< 5.78.0-5
Kde1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • kimageformatsAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

6 links