Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libass package, versions <1:0.15.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.08% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBASS-11747487
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed20 Jul 2021

Introduced: 20 Jul 2021

CVE-2020-36430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 libass to version 1:0.15.0-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libass package and not the libass package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

libass 0.15.x before 0.15.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in decode_chars (called from decode_font and process_text) because the wrong integer data type is used for subtraction.

CVSS Base Scores

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