CVE-2020-36430
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.08% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 64.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-07-20 06:47Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 17:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-07-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 05a02a2ef1da416324d01f70844cbc7adfc756dae797d51948d07303cba39e49
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/libass/OSV-2020-2099.yaml
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26674
- github.comhttps://github.com/libass/libass/commit/017137471d0043e0321e377ed8da48e45a3ec632
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2022-2af150223ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JUXFQUJ32GWG5E46A63DFDCYJAF3VU6/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202208-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-13
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libass Fixed in 1:0.15.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libass Fixed in 1:0.15.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libass Fixed in 1:0.15.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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