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redhatRedHatRHSA-2023:5540
HistoryOct 09, 2023 - 9:57 a.m.

(RHSA-2023:5540) Important: libvpx security update

2023-10-0909:57:50
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libvpx
security update
vp8
vp9
heap buffer overflow
crash
cve-2023-5217
cve-2023-44488
multimedia container file format

0.245 Low

EPSS

Percentile

96.7%

The libvpx packages provide the VP8 SDK, which allows the encoding and decoding of the VP8 video codec, commonly used with the WebM multimedia container file format.

Security Fix(es):

  • libvpx: Heap buffer overflow in vp8 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-5217)

  • libvpx: crash related to VP9 encoding in libvpx (CVE-2023-44488)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.