ALT-PU-2021-4969-1 — telegram-desktop

CVE-2021-47793

MEDIUM4.6

Telegram Desktop 2.9.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by sending an oversized message payload. Attackers can generate a 9 million byte buffer and paste it into the messaging interface to trigger an application crash.

Published: 2026-01-16Modified: 2026-01-30

CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5

CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.6

CVSS:4.0/CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

References

https://telegram.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50247
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/telegram-desktop-denial-of-service-poc
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50247

Package update telegram-desktop in branch sisyphus

Closed issues (1)

Telegram Desktop 2.9.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by sending an oversized message payload. Attackers can generate a 9 million byte buffer and paste it into the messaging interface to trigger an application crash.