Alma Linux: CVE-2024-5197: Moderate: libvpx security update (Multiple Advisories)

Alma Linux: CVE-2024-5197: Moderate: libvpx security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity

4

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

06/03/2024

Created

08/31/2024

Added

08/30/2024

Modified

11/19/2024

Description

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

Solution(s)

• alma-upgrade-libvpx
• alma-upgrade-libvpx-devel

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-5197
• CVE - 2024-5197
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5941.html
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-9827.html