What is CVE-2024-38949?

CVE-2024-38949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Struktur Libde265, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-06-26.

How severe is CVE-2024-38949?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-38949 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Struktur Libde265

CVE-2024-38949

Heap Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Libde265 v1.0.15 allows attackers to crash the application via crafted payload to display444as420 function at sdl.cc

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Struktur Libde265 — versions 1.0.15
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

poikl246/DevSecOps-2024-v2

References

cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-38949?: CVE-2024-38949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Struktur Libde265, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-38949?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-38949 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.