UBUNTU-CVE-2026-88373 (CVE-2026-88373)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-09-24 17:17 – Updated: 2026-10-08 17:08 – Source websitelibde265 commit 4d45a6b contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the NAL parsing path. When de265_push_NAL() is called with a zero-length NAL unit, the resulting NAL_unit may retain a NULL backing buffer, which is subsequently passed as the destination argument to memcpy() in NAL_unit::set_data(). Although the copy length is zero, this violates the nonnull requirement of memcpy() and results in undefined behavior, causing process termination in UBSan-instrumented builds and denial of service.
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"details": "libde265 commit 4d45a6b contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the NAL parsing path. When de265_push_NAL() is called with a zero-length NAL unit, the resulting NAL_unit may retain a NULL backing buffer, which is subsequently passed as the destination argument to memcpy() in NAL_unit::set_data(). Although the copy length is zero, this violates the nonnull requirement of memcpy() and results in undefined behavior, causing process termination in UBSan-instrumented builds and denial of service.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-88373",
"modified": "2026-10-08T17:08:19Z",
"published": "2026-09-24T17:17:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-88373"
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"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88373"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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