CVE-2026-95127

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Published 13 Oct 2026 · NVD status: Deferred · AI triage by gemini-3.8-flash

—Unscored

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Impact

Remote attackers can crash services or applications rendering subtitles, causing a denial of service. They need to supply a malicious subtitle file or stream to the target application.

Root cause

A bug in ass_outline_construct() inside libass/ass_render.c causes a crash when parsing crafted subtitle outlines.

Affected systems

libass 0.17.5

Fix & remediation

Upgrade to a fixed release containing pull request #955 once published by upstream or your distribution. If patching must wait, avoid rendering untrusted ASS/SSA subtitle files.

shell

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade libass9

AI-suggested. Run it in staging first and check it against the vendor advisory. Why?

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NVD description

An issue in libass v.0.17.5 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the ass_outline_construct() in libass/ass_render.c

References

Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95127