ubuntu-cve-2020-36430
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-07-20 07:15
Modified
2025-07-16 04:56
Summary
Details
libass 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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libass-dev",
"binary_version": "1:0.15.2-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libass9",
"binary_version": "1:0.15.2-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libass9-dbgsym",
"binary_version": "1:0.15.2-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "libass",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libass@1:0.15.2-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1:0.15.2-1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1:0.15.0-2"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "libass 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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36430",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:56:25Z",
"published": "2021-07-20T07:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36430"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=26674"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/libass/OSV-2020-2099.yaml"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/libass/libass/commit/017137471d0043e0321e377ed8da48e45a3ec632"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36430"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2020-36430"
],
"withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:46:17Z"
}
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