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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56210 (CVE-2026-56210)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-06-19 17:16 – Updated: 2026-09-16 17:25 – Source website
VLAI
Details

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).

Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "aom-tools",
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "aom",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/aom@3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/jammy"
      },
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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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).",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56210",
  "modified": "2026-09-16T17:25:13Z",
  "published": "2026-06-19T17:16:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-56210"
    },
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56210"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+/a93ba0ffaacd5f576a241bf739110e65287e516d"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490801"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/503975732"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8772-1"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-56210"
  ]
}



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