USN-6617-1

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    USN-6617-1

    Published: 30 Jan 2024Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: libde265 vulnerabilities

    Details: 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)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6617-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21594, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21595, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21596, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21597, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21598, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21599, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21600, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21601, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21602, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21603, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21604, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21605, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21606, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-36408

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libde265

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libde265?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.2-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.0.2-1build1
    1.0.2-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    USN-6617-1 | CVE-DB