CVE-2023-51792

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6764-1

Severity Score

3.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libde265 v1.0.12 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the allocation size exceeding the maximum supported size of 0x10000000000.

La vulnerabilidad de desbordamiento de búfer en libde265 v1.0.12 permite que un atacante local provoque una denegación de servicio a través de un tamaño de asignación que excede el tamaño máximo admitido de 0x10000000000.

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to allocate memory that exceeds the maximum supported size. 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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-12-26 CVE Reserved
2024-04-19 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2025-07-01 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/strukturag/libde265
https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/issues/427

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6G7EYH2JAK5OJPVNC6AXYQ5K7YGYNCDN	2024-07-03
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IPETICRXUOGRIM4U3BCRTIKE3IZWCSBT	2024-07-03
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE3ASLH6QF2E5OVJI5VA3JSEPJFFFMNY	2024-07-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mitre Search vendor "Mitre"		Caldera Search vendor "Mitre" for product "Caldera"				*		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				*		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				*		-		Affected