libde265 1.0.15 sdl.cc display444as420 heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in libde265 1.0.15. Affected is the function display444as420 of the file sdl.cc. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-38949. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in libde265 1.0.15. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function display444as420 of the file sdl.cc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Libde265 v1.0.15 allows attackers to crash the application via crafted payload to display444as420 function at sdl.cc

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-38949 since 06/21/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/08/2024).

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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