CVE-2022-43236 — Libde265 v1

Libde265 v1.0.8 was discovered to contain a stack-buffer-overflow vulnerability via put_qpel_fallback<unsigned short> in fallback-motion.cc. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted video file.

01What is this vulnerability?

Libde265 v1.0.8 was discovered to contain a stack-buffer-overflow vulnerability via put_qpel_fallback<unsigned short> in fallback-motion.cc. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted video file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-02T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-02T20:46:44.176Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/issues/343
• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00020.html
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5346