CVE-2026-61627
Published:October 30, 2026
Updated:November 04, 2026
libass is a portable subtitle renderer for the "ASS"/SSA (Advanced Substation Alpha/Substation Alpha) subtitle format. Prior to 0.17.5, libass can overread and overwrite the glyph array in "wrap_lines_measure" while rendering malicious "ASS" content. In "wrap modes other than two", a final line ending with a literal backslash-n sequence and otherwise consisting only of such sequences or spaces can remain after early trimming and make the line-measurement loops overshoot by one glyph. When the total text size exactly matches the allocated glyph-array capacity, the first loop reads an uninitialized 32-bit fixed-point "pos.x" value, although that value is not subsequently used. The second loop writes "pos.x" and "pos.y" beyond the array, zeroing the first and adding an attacker-controllable offset to the second. No actual exploitation beyond possible denial of service is known; broader exploitation is theoretical and constrained by the addresses, limited writes, and ASLR. This issue is fixed in version 0.17.5.
Affected Packages
libass (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=0.17.1 <0.17.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.17.5https://github.com/libass/libass.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=0.17.0 <0.17.5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.17.5Related Resources (6)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
7.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
0.15