Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU86838

Reachable Assertion in libde265 - CVE-2021-36409

Published: February 27, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86838

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36409

CWE-ID: CWE-617

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: struktur AG

Affected software:
libde265

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in sps.cc. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and crash it.

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