USN-4199-1: libvpx vulnerabilities

USN-4199-1: libvpx vulnerabilities

libvpx vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 19.04
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libvpx.

Software Description

  • libvpx – VP8 and VP9 video codec

Details

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.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04
libvpx51.7.0-3ubuntu0.19.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libvpx51.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libvpx31.5.0-2ubuntu1.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Source: USN-4199-1: libvpx vulnerabilities

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