CVE-2023-49468 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Libde265 v1.0.14 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the read_coding_unit function at slice.cc.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0022.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:struktur:libde265:1.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Libde265 Subscribe	Libde265 Subscribe
Struktur Subscribe	Libde265 Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3699-1	libde265 security update
Ubuntu USN	USN-6677-1	libde265 vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/issues/432
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00022.html

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Libde265 Libde265 libde265
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:libde265:libde265::::::::
Vendors & Products		Libde265 Libde265 libde265
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-120

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-28T16:22:18.247Z

Reserved: 2023-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-49468

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:53:45.554Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-07T20:15:38.477

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:33:26.970

Link: CVE-2023-49468

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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