CVE-2023-6879 — Improper Input Validation in Libaom

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
CNA9.0
EPSS
0.2%
top 63.74%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LibaomAomediaFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateDec 28

Description

Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc().

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5libaom/libaom< 3.7.1
▶NVDaomedia/aomedia< 3.7.1

Also affects: Fedora 38, 39

Patches

Patch: aomedia.googlesource.com ↗Patch: crbug.com ↗Patch: aomedia.googlesource.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fvcr-3mhq-rw2x: Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc()↗2023-12-28
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CVEList
heap buffer overflow in libaom↗2023-12-27
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OSV
CVE-2023-6879: Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc()↗2023-12-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
aom: heap-buffer-overflow on frame size change↗2023-12-28
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Debian
CVE-2023-6879: aom - Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded enc...↗2023
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