🛡️ CVE-2024-38949 on Debian — libde265

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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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

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-38949 as tracked by Debian, for the package libde265. The fix is available in version 1.1.1-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38949 is classified as CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow. A write past the end of a heap allocation corrupts allocator metadata or neighbouring objects.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38949 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libde265 (fixed in 1.1.1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 June 2024 and last revised on 6 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2024-38949 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2024-06-26
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-06
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libde265 — 1.1.1-1

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