UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-55918
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918
Upstream
Published
2024-12-13T07:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:19:40Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the Graphics::ColorNames package before 3.2.0 for Perl. There is an ambiguity between modules and filenames that can lead to HTML injection by an attacker who can create a file in the current working directory.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
libgraphics-colornames-perl

Package

Name
libgraphics-colornames-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgraphics-colornames-perl?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.11-6.1
2.11-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-colornames-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.11-7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
libgraphics-colornames-perl

Package

Name
libgraphics-colornames-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgraphics-colornames-perl?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.11-7.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-colornames-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.11-7.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
libgraphics-colornames-perl

Package

Name
libgraphics-colornames-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgraphics-colornames-perl?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.11-7.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-colornames-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.11-7.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
libgraphics-colornames-perl

Package

Name
libgraphics-colornames-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgraphics-colornames-perl?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.5.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-colornames-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
libgraphics-colornames-perl

Package

Name
libgraphics-colornames-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgraphics-colornames-perl?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.5.0-3
3.5.0-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-colornames-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-3.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
libgraphics-colornames-perl

Package

Name
libgraphics-colornames-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgraphics-colornames-perl?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.5.0-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-colornames-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-3.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
libgraphics-colornames-perl

Package

Name
libgraphics-colornames-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libgraphics-colornames-perl?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.5.0-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphics-colornames-perl",
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-3.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-55918.json"