Re: libass ass_outline.c signed integer overflow

["David A. Wheeler" <dwheeler () dwheeler com>]

> On Nov 19, 2020, at 12:34 AM, Ian Zimmerman <itz () very loosely org> wrote:
>
> On 2020-09-29 08:19, Fstark wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > https://github.com/libass/libass/pull/432
>
> 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