🛡️ MGASA-2021-0413 — libass

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

Updated libass packages fix security vulnerability

Updated libass packages fix security vulnerability:

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 (CVE-2020-36430).

Affected software

MGASA-2021-0413 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libass (fixed in 0.15.1-1.mga8)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 August 2021 and last revised on 16 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

advisories.mageia.org (Advisory)
bugs.mageia.org (Report)
lists.suse.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-08-27
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-04-16
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libass 0.15.1-1.mga8

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