Headline
CVE-2020-21598: heap-buffer-overflow in ff_hevc_put_unweighted_pred_8_sse when decoding file · Issue #237 · strukturag/libde265
libde265 v1.0.4 contains a heap buffer overflow in the ff_hevc_put_unweighted_pred_8_sse function, which can be exploited via a crafted a file.
heap-buffer-overflow in ff_hevc_put_unweighted_pred_8_sse when decoding file
I found some problems during fuzzing
Test Version
dev version, git clone https://github.com/strukturag/libde265
Test Environment
root@ubuntu:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
root@ubuntu:# uname -a
Linux ubuntu 4.15.0-45-generic #4816.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 29 18:03:48 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Test Configure
./configure
configure: ---------------------------------------
configure: Building dec265 example: yes
configure: Building sherlock265 example: no
configure: Building encoder: yes
configure: ---------------------------------------
Test Program
dec265 [infile]
Asan Output
root@ubuntu:~# ./dec265 libde265-ff_hevc_put_unweighted_pred_8_sse-heap_overflow.crash
WARNING: CTB outside of image area (concealing stream error...)
WARNING: CTB outside of image area (concealing stream error...)
WARNING: CTB outside of image area (concealing stream error...)
=================================================================
==69912==ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow on address 0x61e00000fc30 at pc 0x0000004cc8bf bp 0x7ffc1997ee70 sp 0x7ffc1997ee60
WRITE of size 4 at 0x61e00000fc30 thread T0
#0 0x4cc8be in ff_hevc_put_unweighted_pred_8_sse(unsigned char*, long, short const*, long, int, int) /root/src/libde265/libde265/x86/sse-motion.cc:149
#1 0x52bc86 in acceleration_functions::put_unweighted_pred(void*, long, short const*, long, int, int, int) const ../libde265/acceleration.h:260
#2 0x521301 in generate_inter_prediction_samples(base_context*, slice_segment_header const*, de265_image*, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, PBMotion const*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/motion.cc:578
#3 0x52b8f9 in decode_prediction_unit(base_context*, slice_segment_header const*, de265_image*, PBMotionCoding const&, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int) /root/src/libde265/libde265/motion.cc:2107
#4 0x478f4a in read_prediction_unit(thread_context*, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int, int) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:4137
#5 0x47a704 in read_coding_unit(thread_context*, int, int, int, int) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:4492
#6 0x47b6fe in read_coding_quadtree(thread_context*, int, int, int, int) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:4647
#7 0x47b611 in read_coding_quadtree(thread_context*, int, int, int, int) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:4636
#8 0x47b53f in read_coding_quadtree(thread_context*, int, int, int, int) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:4630
#9 0x47338a in read_coding_tree_unit(thread_context*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:2861
#10 0x47beb1 in decode_substream(thread_context*, bool, bool) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:4736
#11 0x47db9f in read_slice_segment_data(thread_context*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/slice.cc:5049
#12 0x40bf17 in decoder_context::decode_slice_unit_sequential(image_unit*, slice_unit*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/decctx.cc:843
#13 0x40c6d7 in decoder_context::decode_slice_unit_parallel(image_unit*, slice_unit*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/decctx.cc:945
#14 0x40b589 in decoder_context::decode_some(bool*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/decctx.cc:730
#15 0x40b2f2 in decoder_context::read_slice_NAL(bitreader&, NAL_unit*, nal_header&) /root/src/libde265/libde265/decctx.cc:688
#16 0x40dbb3 in decoder_context::decode_NAL(NAL_unit*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/decctx.cc:1230
#17 0x40e17b in decoder_context::decode(int*) /root/src/libde265/libde265/decctx.cc:1318
#18 0x405a61 in de265_decode /root/src/libde265/libde265/de265.cc:346
#19 0x404972 in main /root/src/libde265/dec265/dec265.cc:764
#20 0x7f931534a82f in __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6+0x2082f)
#21 0x402b28 in _start (/root/dec265+0x402b28)
AddressSanitizer can not describe address in more detail (wild memory access suspected).
SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow /root/src/libde265/libde265/x86/sse-motion.cc:149 ff_hevc_put_unweighted_pred_8_sse(unsigned char*, long, short const*, long, int, int)
Shadow bytes around the buggy address:
0x0c3c7fff9f30: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3c7fff9f40: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3c7fff9f50: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3c7fff9f60: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0x0c3c7fff9f70: 00 00 fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
=>0x0c3c7fff9f80: fa fa fa fa fa fa[fa]fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c3c7fff9f90: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c3c7fff9fa0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c3c7fff9fb0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c3c7fff9fc0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
0x0c3c7fff9fd0: fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa
Shadow byte legend (one shadow byte represents 8 application bytes):
Addressable: 00
Partially addressable: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
Heap left redzone: fa
Heap right redzone: fb
Freed heap region: fd
Stack left redzone: f1
Stack mid redzone: f2
Stack right redzone: f3
Stack partial redzone: f4
Stack after return: f5
Stack use after scope: f8
Global redzone: f9
Global init order: f6
Poisoned by user: f7
Container overflow: fc
Array cookie: ac
Intra object redzone: bb
ASan internal: fe
==69912==ABORTING
POC file
libde265-ff_hevc_put_unweighted_pred_8_sse-heap_overflow.zip
password: leon.zhao.7
CREDIT
Zhao Liang, Huawei Weiran Labs
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