Vulnerability · Published Dec 13, 2024 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2024-55918
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity code injection in the libgraphics-colornames-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 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the Graphics::ColorNames package before 3.2.0 for Perl. There is an ambiguity between modules and filenames that can lead to HTML injection by an attacker who can create a file in the current working directory.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libgraphics-colornames-perl | 3.5.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-55918 |
| Debian:13 | libgraphics-colornames-perl | 3.5.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-55918 |
| Debian:14 | libgraphics-colornames-perl | 3.5.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-55918 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libgraphics-colornames-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libgraphics-colornames-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libgraphics-colornames-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libgraphics-colornames-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libgraphics-colornames-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L