CVE-2024-38949

Publication date 26 June 2024

Last updated 20 July 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
Fixed 1.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needed
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
Fixed 1.0.15-1ubuntu0.1
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was deferred [2024-09-16]
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.0.8-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm6
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of ESM support, was deferred [2026-05-22]

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libde265

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.5 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8573-1
    • libde265 vulnerabilities
    • 20 July 2026

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