> On Nov 19, 2020, at 12:34 AM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@very.loosely.org> =
wrote:
>=20
> On 2020-09-29 08:19, Fstark wrote:
>=20
>> In `ass_outline_construct`'s call to `outline_stroke` a signed =
integer
>> overflow happens *(undefined behaviour)*. On my machine signed =
overflow
>> happens to wrap around to a negative value, thus failing the assert.
>> https://github.com/libass/libass/issues/431
>>=20
>> https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/432
>=20
> I have followed the links above, and this seems to be an example of a
> situation where the CVE process has failed. It is still not fixed in
> Debian, possibly for that reason. I'll report a Debian bug today.

I read through the issue discussion. As best as I can tell, no one filed =
for a CVE, so there was no CVE.
Did I misunderstand something?

If my understanding is correct, that is *NOT* a failure of the CVE =
process.

--- David A. Wheeler