CVE-2021-45463

Publication date 23 December 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

load_cache in GEGL before 0.4.34 allows shell expansion when a pathname in a constructed command line is not escaped or filtered. This is caused by use of the system library function for execution of the ImageMagick convert fallback in magick-load. NOTE: GEGL releases before 0.4.34 are used in GIMP releases before 2.10.30; however, this does not imply that GIMP builds enable the vulnerable feature.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
gegl 25.04 plucky
Fixed 1:0.4.34-1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 1:0.4.34-1
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 1:0.4.34-1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 1:0.4.34-1
23.04 lunar
Fixed 1:0.4.34-1
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 1:0.4.34-1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1:0.4.34-1
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.4.22-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.3.30-1ubuntu1+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.3.4-1ubuntu2+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.2.0-4ubuntu1+esm1

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
gegl

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H