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Debian DSA-5510-1 Moderate: libvpx Heap Overflow Risk Mitigation

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2023
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Enhance libvpx to address the stack-related overflow issue and mitigate the risk of unauthorized code execution in Debian. Discover additional details here.
Clement Lecigne discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in libvpx, a multimedia library for the VP8 and VP9 video codecs, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a s...
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.9.0-1+deb11u1.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.12.0-1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvpx packages.

For the detailed security status of libvpx please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libvpx

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: libvpx
CVE ID: CVE-2023-5217

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security advisory moderate code execution Debian heap overflow multimedia libvpx

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