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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-5673

🗓️ 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux hosts with unpatched libtheora are vulnerable to CVE-2026-5673, risking crash or heap leak from crafted audio video

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - A flaw was found in libtheora. This heap-based out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists within the AVI
    (Audio Video Interleave) parser, specifically in the avi_parse_input_file() function. A local attacker
    could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted AVI file containing a truncated
    header sub-chunk. This could lead to a denial-of-service (application crash) or potentially leak sensitive
    information from the heap. (CVE-2026-5673)

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-11": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "11",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtheora-bin"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtheora0"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtheora-bin"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtheora0"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtheora-bin"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtheora1"},
          {"reference": "libtheoradec2"},
          {"reference": "libtheoraenc2"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtheora-bin"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-dev"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-doc"},
          {"reference": "libtheora0"},
          {"reference": "libtheoradec1"},
          {"reference": "libtheoraenc1"}
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      }
    ]
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  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
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        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
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          {"reference": "ogmrip"}
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    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "asc"},
          {"reference": "mkvtoolnix"},
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      }
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  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
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      {
        "release": "20.04",
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          {"reference": "mkvtoolnix"},
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  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
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    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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      {
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-9": {
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
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        "release": "6",
        "pkgs": [
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "libtheora"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-devel"},
          {"reference": "libtheora-devel-docs"},
          {"reference": "theora-tools"}
        ]
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  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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22 May 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.15.6 - 7.1
EPSS0.00005
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