CVE-2023-51792 Memory corruption in n/a
A local attacker can cause a denial of service in libde265 via a buffer overflow triggered by an excessive allocation size.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-51792?
CVE-2023-51792 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libde265 v1.0.12 allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via the allocation size exceeding the maximum supported size of 0x10000000000.
Weakness: CWE-121
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-51792?
How do I fix CVE-2023-51792?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-51792 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-51792 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51792, ECHO-5c96-564e-b017, GHSA-xj57-m8w7-83wf, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51792, USN-6764-1.