USN-5251-1

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    USN-5251-1

    Published: 27 Jul 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: gegl vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that GEGL incorrectly filtered and escaped file path input data when using the C system() function for execution of the ImageMagick convert command. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5251-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45463

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gegl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gegl?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.0-4ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    0.2.0-3ubuntu1
    0.2.0-4ubuntu1

    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
    USN-5251-1 | CVE-DB