Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-31317 - Type Confusion vulnerability in Telegram
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.shielder.it/advisories/telegram-rlottie-vdasher-vdasher-type-confusion/
- https://www.shielder.it/advisories/telegram-rlottie-vdasher-vdasher-type-confusion/
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/2021/02/hunting-for-bugs-in-telegrams-animated-stickers-remote-attack-surface/
- https://www.shielder.it/blog/2021/02/hunting-for-bugs-in-telegrams-animated-stickers-remote-attack-surface/