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CVE-2021-31317

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Type...

5.5 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.29%Down 2.1 points since May 19, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

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.

Record
CVE-2021-31317
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-843
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2021-31317
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18227 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2021-18227
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xf3x-92j4-vrpc No score

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Type...

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.

Record
GHSA-xf3x-92j4-vrpc
Weakness
CWE-843
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

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.

Record
CVE-2021-31317
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-31317 5.5

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31317
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-31317 5.5

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31317
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-7198-1 No score

rlottie vulnerabilities

Paolo Giai discovered a series of stack-based overflow vulnerabilities in the blit and gray_render_cubic functions of a custom fork of the rlottie library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-31315, CVE-2021-31321)

Paolo Giai discovered a series of type confusion vulnerabilities in the VDasher constructor and the LOTCompLayerItem::LOTCompLayerItem function of a custom fork of the rlottie library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-31317, CVE-2021-31318)

Paolo Giai discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the LOTGradient::populate function of a custom fork of the rlottie library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-31319)

Paolo Giai discovered a series of heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the VGradientCache::generateGradientColorTable and LOTGradient::populate functions of a custom fork of the rlottie library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve remote code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-31320, CVE-2021-31322)

Record
USN-7198-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
rlottie
Debian:12
before 0.1+dfsg-2
0.1+dfsg-2
rlottie
Debian:13
before 0.1+dfsg-2
0.1+dfsg-2
rlottie
Debian:14
before 0.1+dfsg-2
0.1+dfsg-2
rlottie
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
before 0~git20200305.a717479+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
0~git20190721.24346d0+dfsg-20~git20190721.24346d0+dfsg-2build10~git20200305.a717479+dfsg-1
0~git20200305.a717479+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
rlottie
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0~git20200305.a717479+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
0~git20190721.24346d0+dfsg-20~git20190721.24346d0+dfsg-2build10~git20200305.a717479+dfsg-1
0~git20200305.a717479+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
rlottie
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 0.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
0.1+dfsg-2
0.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-31317 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Telegram, published May 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.29%, the 70th percentile. Fixed in rlottie 0.1+dfsg-2.

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