Buffer Overflow Affecting libaom-av1 package, versions [3.1.1,3.5.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBAOMAV1-10076378
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed29 Aug 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-39616  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libaom-av1 to version 3.5.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the assign_frame_buffer_p component in av1/common/av1_common_int.h. An attacker can cause an invalid memory read access, potentially leading to information disclosure or denial of service, by sending specially crafted data to the affected component.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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