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Unscored USN-6617-1 14 CVEs

libde265 vulnerabilities

Published Jan 30, 2024 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. 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 or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-21594)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. 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 or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21595, CVE-2020-21596,
CVE-2020-21599, CVE-2020-21600, CVE-2020-21601, CVE-2020-21602,
CVE-2020-21603, CVE-2020-21604, CVE-2020-21605)

It was discovered that libde265 did not properly manage memory. 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 or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2020-21597, CVE-2020-21598, CVE-2020-21606, CVE-2021-36408)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS libde265 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS libde265 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS libde265 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 14

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21594
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21595
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21596
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21597
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21598
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21599
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21600
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21601
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21602
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21603
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21604
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21605
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21606
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-36408