A heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability was found in libaom, the reference AV1 codec implementation. A missing bounds check in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) layer ID control function allows setting a spatial_layer_id exceeding the configured number of layers. This causes an out-of-bounds heap read of approximately 40,728 bytes when computing a layer context array index. An attacker who can influence SVC encoder parameters in a network-facing service could exploit this for information disclosure (heap content leak) or denial of service (segmentation fault from hitting unmapped memory).
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:15:00 +0000
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| Description | A heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability was found in libaom, the reference AV1 codec implementation. A missing bounds check in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) layer ID control function allows setting a spatial_layer_id exceeding the configured number of layers. This causes an out-of-bounds heap read of approximately 40,728 bytes when computing a layer context array index. An attacker who can influence SVC encoder parameters in a network-facing service could exploit this for information disclosure (heap content leak) or denial of service (segmentation fault from hitting unmapped memory). | |
| Title | Libaom: libaom: heap-buffer-overflow read via missing bounds check in ctrl_set_layer_id | |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3 cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-19T17:36:50.100Z
Reserved: 2026-06-19T15:50:16.801Z
Link: CVE-2026-56210
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