Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-27102

Memory Safety in Struktur Libde265 1.0.11

Public PoCMemory Safety
Published
15 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 6.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0067 49th percentile
Risk Priority 51 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-27102 is a medium-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Struktur Libde265. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 49th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Libde265 v1.0.11 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function decoder_context::process_slice_segment_header at decctx.cc.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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T1489 Service Stop Impact
Adversaries may stop or disable services on a system to render those services unavailable to legitimate users.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2023-24756Same product: Struktur Libde265
CVE-2023-24755Same product: Struktur Libde265
CVE-2023-24757Same product: Struktur Libde265
CVE-2023-24752Same product: Struktur Libde265
CVE-2023-24754Same product: Struktur Libde265
CVE-2023-27103Same product: Struktur Libde265
CVE-2025-43966Same vendor: Struktur

Affected Assets

struktur
libde265
1.0.11

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect NULL dereference defects before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.

References