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CVE-2021-36083

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

5.5 MediumFix available

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

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
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.95%Up 0.1 points since Jul 1, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

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

Record
CVE-2021-36083
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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

Record
CVE-2021-36083
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-22716 No score

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

Record
EUVD-2021-22716
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5h68-fmrq-j5r6 No score

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

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

Record
GHSA-5h68-fmrq-j5r6
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

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

Record
CVE-2021-36083
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2021-36083 5.5

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

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36083
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-36083 5.5

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

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36083
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kimageformats
Debian:12
 before 5.78.0-5
5.78.0-5
kimageformats
Debian:13
 before 5.78.0-5
5.78.0-5
kimageformats
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.15.0-0ubuntu15.18.0-0ubuntu1
 None known
kimageformats
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.38.0-0ubuntu15.40.0-0ubuntu15.41.0-0ubuntu15.42.0-0ubuntu15.43.0-0ubuntu15.44.0-0ubuntu1
 None known
kimageformats
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.62.0-0ubuntu15.64.0-0ubuntu15.64.0-0ubuntu25.65.0-0ubuntu15.66.0-0ubuntu15.67.0-0ubuntu15.68.0-0ubuntu1
 None known

History

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

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

In short

CVE-2021-36083 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Kde Kimageformats, published July 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.95%, the 61st percentile. Fixed in kimageformats 5.78.0-5.

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