CVE-2020-36430

Summary

CVECVE-2020-36430
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-20 07:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:22:00 UTC
Descriptionlibass 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Libass Project Libass All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-fuzz-vulns/OSV-2020-2099.yaml at main · google/oss-fuzz-vulns · GitHub MISC github.com
26674 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail MISC bugs.chromium.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: libass-0.15.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
decode_font: fix subtraction broken by change to unsigned type · libass/libass@0171374 · GitHub MISC github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: libass-0.15.2-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
libass: Denial of service (GLSA 202208-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 282522 Fedora Security Update for libass (FEDORA-2022-2af150223a)
  • 710586 Gentoo Linux libass Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (GLSA 202208-13)
  • 750984 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libass (SUSE-SU-2021:2792-1)
  • 751007 OpenSUSE Security Update for libass (openSUSE-SU-2021:1174-1)
  • 751020 OpenSUSE Security Update for libass (openSUSE-SU-2021:2792-1)

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report