usn-7249-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-02-03 14:22
Modified
2026-06-25 10:46
Summary
libvpx vulnerability
Details
Xiantong Hou discovered that libvpx would overflow when attempting to allocate memory for very large images. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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},
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],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Xiantong Hou discovered that libvpx would overflow when attempting to\nallocate memory for very large images. If an application using libvpx\nopened a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service, or the execution of arbitrary code.\n",
"id": "USN-7249-1",
"modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:38Z",
"published": "2025-02-03T14:22:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7249-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-5197"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "libvpx vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2024-5197"
]
}
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