PT-2023-9836 · Libaom+3 · Libaom+3

Published 2023-12-15 · Updated 2025-10-09 · CVE-2023-6879

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libaom (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a heap overflow in the av1 loop restoration dealloc() function of the libaom video encoding library. This can occur when increasing the resolution of video frames during a multi-threaded encode. The exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

AZL-62423

BDU:2025-00491

CVE-2023-6879

ECHO-6B7D-5CA9-C352

OESA-2025-1377

OESA-2025-1379

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_4333-1

SUSE-SU-2024:0517-1

SUSE-SU-2024:4333-1

SUSE-SU-2024_0517-1

SUSE-SU-2024_4333-1

Affected Products

Debian

Red Os

Suse

Libaom

References · 40

• 🔥 https://crbug.com/aomedia/3491 · Exploit
• https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+/refs/tags/v3.7.1 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32216 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2023-6879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/D6C2HN4T2S6GYNTAUXLH45LQZHK7QPHP · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00491 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-62423 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6879 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-6879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2023-6879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:4333-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/message/AYONA2XSNFMXLAW4IHLFI5UVV3QRNG5K · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2025-1379 · Vendor Advisory