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medium 5.5

CVE-2021-36408 json

An issue was discovered in libde265 v1.0.8.There is a Heap-use-after-free in intrapred.h when decoding file using dec265.

published 2022-01-10 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-23011

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in libde265 v1.0.8.There is a Heap-use-after-free in intrapred.h when decoding file using dec265.

Patch / fix

  • libde265 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.8-1.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-36408

  • libde265 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1
  • libde265 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.0.8-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36408

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, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +8 more 1.0.8-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2021-36408

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

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/issues/299 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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