MGASA-2024-0221 - Updated libvpx packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 14 Jun 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0221.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-5197

There exists integer 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. (CVE-2024-5197)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33281
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6814-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-5197

SRPMS:
- 9/core/libvpx-1.12.0-1.3.mga9

Mageia Advisory: Fixing Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities in libvpx

There exists integer overflows in libvpx in versions prior to 1.14.1

Summary

There exists integer 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. (CVE-2024-5197)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33281

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6814-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-5197

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0221 - Updated libvpx packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/libvpx-1.12.0-1.3.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 14 Jun 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0221.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-5197

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