USN-6627-1: libde265 vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libde265 - Open H.265 video codec implementation

Details

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to read out of bounds. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2021-35452, CVE-2021-36411, CVE-2022-43238, CVE-2022-43241,
CVE-2022-43242)

It was discovered that libde265 did not properly manage memory. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-36408)

It was discovered that libde265 contained a logical error. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-36409)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36410, CVE-2022-43235,
CVE-2022-43236, CVE-2022-43237, CVE-2022-43239, CVE-2022-43240,
CVE-2022-43243, CVE-2022-43248, CVE-2022-43252, CVE-2022-43253)

It was discovered that libde265 could be made to write out of bounds. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04
LTS. (CVE-2022-1253)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04

• libde265-0 - 1.0.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libde265-0 - 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• libde265-0 - 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• libde265-0 - 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2022-43242
• CVE-2022-43243
• CVE-2021-36409
• CVE-2021-36410
• CVE-2022-43240
• CVE-2022-43239
• CVE-2022-43237
• CVE-2021-36411
• CVE-2022-1253
• CVE-2022-43236
• CVE-2022-43253
• CVE-2022-43241
• CVE-2022-43235
• CVE-2021-35452
• CVE-2021-36408
• CVE-2022-43252
• CVE-2022-43238
• CVE-2022-43248

Related notices

• USN-6617-1: libde265-dev, libde265, libde265-examples, libde265-0