🛡️ CVE-2021-47793 on Debian — telegram-desktop
Description
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.
Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2021-47793 as tracked by Debian, for the package telegram-desktop. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must actively cooperate. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.
Affected software
DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47793 is recorded against 1 package.
- telegram-desktop
Timeline and source
Published on 16 January 2026 and last revised on 6 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
Details
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
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| telegram-desktop | — | — |
References
Similar Threats
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