What is CVE-2021-41861?

CVE-2021-41861 is a low-severity vulnerability in Telegram. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-10-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-41861?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Telegram

CVE-2021-41861

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Telegram
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-41861?: CVE-2021-41861 is a low-severity vulnerability in Telegram. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-10-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-41861?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.