CVE-2020-36430
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.31%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-36430
To remediate CVE-2020-36430, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libass—upgrade to 1:0.15.0-2 or later
Is CVE-2020-36430 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:0.15.0-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |