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CVE-2021-31321

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

7.1 HighFix available

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack 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
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.10%Down 2.3 points since May 19, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.1

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Record
CVE-2021-31321
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
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 Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Record
CVE-2021-31321
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18231 No score

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Record
EUVD-2021-18231
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hqqh-jq4c-g3w3 No score

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

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Record
GHSA-hqqh-jq4c-g3w3
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.1

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Record
CVE-2021-31321
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-31321 7.1

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31321
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-31321 7.1

Telegram Android <7.1.0 (2090), Telegram iOS <7.1, and Telegram macOS <7.1 are affected by a Stack Based Overflow in the gray_split_cubic function of their custom fork of the rlottie library. A remote attacker might be able to overwrite Telegram's stack memory out-of-bounds on a victim device via a malicious animated sticker.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-31321
CVSS 3.1
7.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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:22.04:LTS
before 0.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
0.1+dfsg-2
0.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
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
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aliasesEUVD
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In short

CVE-2021-31321 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Telegram, published May 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.10%, the 65th percentile. Fixed in rlottie 0.1+dfsg-2.

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