Vulnerability · Published Nov 24, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-53901
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity buffer overflow in the libimager-perl package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Imager package before 1.025 for Perl has a heap-based buffer overflow leading to denial of service, or possibly unspecified other impact, when the trim() method is called on a crafted input image.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libimager-perl | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53901 |
| Debian:13 | libimager-perl | 1.025+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53901 |
| Debian:14 | libimager-perl | 1.025+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53901 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libimager-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53901 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libimager-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53901 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-120 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H