CVE-2024-5197 Affecting libvpx package, versions <0:1.9.0-8.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-LIBVPX-8383543
  • published 18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 18 Nov 2024

Introduced: 18 Nov 2024

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 libvpx to version 0:1.9.0-8.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:9827.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvpx package and not the libvpx package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

7.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

7.8 high