CVE-2024-38949

Publication date 26 June 2024

Last updated 23 May 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

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

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libde265 26.04 LTS resolute
Vulnerable
25.10 questing
Vulnerable
25.04 plucky Ignored end of life, was deferred [2026-05-22]
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was deferred [2026-05-22]
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2024-09-16]
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of ESM support, was deferred [2026-05-22]

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libde265

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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