CVE-2021-41861

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    CVE-2021-41861

    Published: 4 Oct 2021Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Telegram application 7.5.0 through 7.8.0 for Android does not properly implement image self-destruction, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-16248. After approximately two to four uses of the self-destruct feature, there is a misleading UI indication that an image was deleted (on both the sender and recipient sides). The images are still present in the /Storage/Emulated/0/Telegram/Telegram Image/ directory.

    References: https://desktop.telegram.org/changelog#v-2-6-23-02-21, https://habr.com/ru/post/580582/, https://pikabu.ru/story/konfidentsialnost_polzovateley_telegram_snova_narushena_predstaviteli_messendzhera_trebuyut_ne_raskryivat_podrobnostey_8511495, https://telegram.org/blog/autodelete-inv2/ru#avtomaticheskoe-udalenie-soobschenii

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    release-7.8.0_2360

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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