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high 7.4

CVE-2026-54240 json

libde265: Pixel accessor signed integer overflow causes heap OOB read/write

published 5mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-76760 , GHSA-ccfw-29x7-rrx3

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository strukturag/libde265. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
7.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libde265 is an open source implementation of the h.265 video codec. Versions prior to 1.1.1 use signed 32-bit arithmetic to calculate pixel offsets, allowing a crafted HEVC stream with large image dimensions to trigger an integer overflow and cause out-of-bounds heap reads or writes, potentially disclosing data, corrupting memory, or crashing the decoder. Version 1.1.1 contains a patch.

Patch / fix

  • struktur libde265 1.1.1
  • libde265 Debian 12 1.0.11-1+deb12u3
  • libde265 Debian 13 1.0.15-1+deb13u1
  • libde265 Debian 14 1.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-54240

  • libde265 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 1.0.15-1ubuntu0.1
  • libde265 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm6
  • libde265 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.0.2-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm6
  • libde265 Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.4+esm2
  • libde265 Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1.0.8-1ubuntu0.3+esm2
  • libde265 Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS 1.0.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-54240

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libde265 Alpine 3.24 1.1.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-54240

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • strukturag libde265

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

The maintainers of strukturag/libde265 published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.