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- USN-6617-1
USN-6617-1: libde265 vulnerabilities
First published: Tue Jan 30 2024(Updated: )
It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21594) It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21595, CVE-2020-21596, CVE-2020-21599, CVE-2020-21600, CVE-2020-21601, CVE-2020-21602, CVE-2020-21603, CVE-2020-21604, CVE-2020-21605) It was discovered that libde265 did not properly manage memory. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21597, CVE-2020-21598, CVE-2020-21606, CVE-2021-36408)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libde265-0 | <1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1 | 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libde265-0 | <1.0.2-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 | 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libde265-0 | <1.0.2-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 | 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21606
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-36408
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21595
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21601
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21598
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21602
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21605
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21600
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21597
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21599
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21603
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21594
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21596
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21604
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6627-1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libde265/1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6617-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/severity
- agent/title
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/event
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-6627-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- agent/trending
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/20.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/18.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/16.04