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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-36489

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Allegro through 5.2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted PCX/TGA/BMP files to allegro_image addon.

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CVE-2021-36489
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31 Oct 2026, 11:50 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-36489

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Feb 2023, 18:15 UTC

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Allegro through 5.2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted PCX/TGA/BMP files to allegro_image addon.

osv:CVE-2021-36489
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36489",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-36489",
    "summary": "Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Allegro through 5.2.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted PCX/TGA/BMP files to allegro_image addon.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-36489",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
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            "v4-1-13@4091",
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            "v4-1-9@2943",
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            "v4-1-6@2723",
            "v4-1-5@2695",
            "v4-1-4@2620",
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            "v4-0-0@1758",
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:49.023752863Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/issues/1251"
      ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386188,
  "published_at": "2023-02-03T18:15:10.14+00:00"
}