CVE-2021-36409

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-617

Description

There is an Assertion `scaling_list_pred_matrix_id_delta==1' failed at sps.cc:925 in libde265 v1.0.8 when decoding file, which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by running the application with a crafted file or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 10.0, 11.0
strukturag libde265: 1.0.8

References

https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/issues/300
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00027.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5346
https://github.com/strukturag/libde265/issues/300
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00027.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5346

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