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DEBIAN-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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libass

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:0.15.0-2"}]}]

Debian:13 libass

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:0.15.0-2"}]}]

Debian:14 libass

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:0.15.0-2"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org