Local process crash via oversized image allocation
Published Apr 19, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025
Buffer overflow in libde265 1.0.12 allows local users to crash the dec265 process by decoding a crafted H.265 file. The dec265 display path reaches convert_to_8bit, which passes a stream-derived size to operator new[] without rejecting the oversized allocation. A local user must make dec265 open the crafted stream; the resulting allocation aborts the process and can exhaust container or host storage.
Summary
What happened
Buffer overflow in libde265 1.0.12 allows local users to crash the dec265 process by decoding a crafted H.265 file. The dec265 display path reaches convert_to_8bit, which passes a stream-derived size to operator new[] without rejecting the oversized allocation. A local user must make dec265 open the crafted stream; the resulting allocation aborts the process and can exhaust container or host storage.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-51792
- Published
- Apr 19, 2024
- Updated
- Nov 4, 2025
- Vendor
- MITRE
- Product
- MITRE Caldera
- Classifications
- CWE-121, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 4, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- poc2libde265 crafted H.265 inputproof of concept · demonstrated
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