Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libass package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-LIBASS-1320353
  • published21 Jul 2021
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 libass.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libass package and not the libass package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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

version 3.1