USN-4199-1

It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed WebM media files. If an application using libvpx opened a specially crafted WebM file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libvpx

Package

Name: libvpx
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvpx@1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.0-4

1.5.0-2

1.5.0-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvpx-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvpx3",
            "binary_version": "1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vpx-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.5.0-2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libvpx

Package

Name: libvpx
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libvpx@1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.6.1-3

1.7.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libvpx-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libvpx5",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "vpx-tools",
            "binary_version": "1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}