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CVE-2021-36083

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-36083 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting KDE KImageFormats versions 5.70.0 through 5.81.0, specifically within the XCFImageFormat::loadTileRLE function. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction, as an attacker would need to trick a user into opening a specially crafted file, leading to a denial of service (availability impact). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.70.0, <= 5.81.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kimageformats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/kimageformats/OSV-2021-695.yaml
Third Party Advisory
invent.kde.org / frameworks/kimageformats/commit/297ed9a2fe339bfe36916b9fce628c3242e5be0f
PatchThird Party Advisory