CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-24994
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-03-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-770
Description
Stack overflow in the parse_tag function in libass/ass_parse.c in libass before 0.15.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or remote code execution via a crafted file.
Affected configurations
• libass project libass (< 0.15.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling weakness
References
- https://github.com/libass/libass/commit/6835731c2fe4164a0c50bc91d12c43b2a2b4e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/422 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/422#issuecomment-806002919 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/423 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/commit/6835731c2fe4164a0c50bc91d12c43b2a2b4e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/422 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/422#issuecomment-806002919 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/423 Third Party Advisory