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Ubuntu: USN-6814-1 (CVE-2024-5197): libvpx vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-6814-1 (CVE-2024-5197): libvpx vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/03/2024
Created
06/07/2024
Added
06/07/2024
Modified
10/23/2024

Description

There exists interger overflows in libvpx in versions prior to 1.14.1. Calling vpx_img_alloc() with a large value of the d_w, d_h, or align parameter may result in integer overflows in the calculations of buffer sizes and offsets and some fields of the returned vpx_image_t struct may be invalid. Calling vpx_img_wrap() with a large value of the d_w, d_h, or stride_align parameter may result in integer overflows in the calculations of buffer sizes and offsets and some fields of the returned vpx_image_t struct may be invalid. We recommend upgrading to version 1.14.1 or beyond

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvpx6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvpx7
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libvpx9

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