Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-45463

Title: Gegl

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-45463.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 23, 2021
Modified Date Nov 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-45463: 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.

Impacted Vendors

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gimp 1
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gnu 1
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gegl 1

Reference Links

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/blob/master/docs/NEWS.adoc https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/commit/bfce470f0f2f37968862129d5038b35429f2909b https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/issues/298 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commit/e8a31ba4f2ce7e6bc34882dc27c97fba993f5868 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CG635WJCNXHJM5U4BGMAAP4NK2YFTQXK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP5NDNOTMPI335FXE7VUPW7FXYTT7PYN/ https://www.gimp.org/news/2021/12/21/gimp-2-10-30-released/ https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/blob/master/docs/NEWS.adoc https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/commit/bfce470f0f2f37968862129d5038b35429f2909b https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gegl/-/issues/298 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/commit/e8a31ba4f2ce7e6bc34882dc27c97fba993f5868 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00021.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CG635WJCNXHJM5U4BGMAAP4NK2YFTQXK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP5NDNOTMPI335FXE7VUPW7FXYTT7PYN/ https://www.gimp.org/news/2021/12/21/gimp-2-10-30-released/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-45463 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.