USN-6447-1: AOM vulnerabilities

23 October 2023

Several security issues were fixed in AOM.

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Releases

Packages

  • aom - AV1 Video Codec Library

Details

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a user or an
automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-36130, CVE-2020-36131, CVE-2020-36133, CVE-2020-36135,
CVE-2021-30473, CVE-2021-30474, CVE-2021-30475)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04

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