libde265 1.0.15 __interceptor_memcpy heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in libde265 1.0.15. This vulnerability affects the function __interceptor_memcpy. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-38950. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in libde265 1.0.15. Affected by this vulnerability is the function __interceptor_memcpy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Libde265 v1.0.15 allows attackers to crash the application via crafted payload to __interceptor_memcpy function.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-38950 since 06/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• libde265

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• 1.0.15

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• open-source

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