USN-6659-1: libde265 vulnerabilities

26 February 2024

Several security issues were fixed in libde265.

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Releases

Packages

  • libde265 - Open H.265 video codec implementation

Details

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-2022-43244, CVE-2022-43249,
CVE-2022-43250, CVE-2022-47665, CVE-2023-25221)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to read 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. (CVE-2022-43245)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to dereference invalid
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. (CVE-2023-24751, CVE-2023-24752, CVE-2023-24754,
CVE-2023-24755, CVE-2023-24756, CVE-2023-24757, CVE-2023-24758)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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