Bug 2475408 (CVE-2026-42046) - CVE-2026-42046 libcaca: libcaca: Remote Code Execution via crafted "caca" format file
Summary: CVE-2026-42046 libcaca: libcaca: Remote Code Execution via crafted "caca" for...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-42046
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2481172 2481173
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Reported: 2026-05-11 22:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-25 11:19 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-11 22:08:07 UTC
libcaca is a colour ASCII art library. In 0.99.beta20 and earlier, an integer overflow vulnerability in libcaca's canvas import functionality allows an attacker to cause a controlled heap out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) by supplying a crafted file in the "caca" format. Depending on the build configuration and memory allocator, this may lead to memory corruption or remote code execution. This is the same vulnerability as CVE-2021-3410 but the fix at that time was not fully correct. Commit fb77acff9ba6bb01d53940da34fb10f20b156a23 fixes this vulnerability.


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