Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : libass vulnerabilities (USN-8815-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8815-1 advisory. It was discovered that libass incorrectly handled parsing operations for specific nested character string...

USN-8815-1 libass vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libass incorrectly handled parsing operations for specific nested character strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause libass to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,...

PT-2026-64217

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libass versions 0.17.4 through 0.17.4 Description Event pruning does not guard against negative Matroska ReadOrder values, which allows an attacker to clear arbitrarily many bits to zero at controlled positions near the NULL pointer. This occu...