CVE-2026-56208 (GCVE-0-2026-56208)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-19 16:28 – Updated: 2026-06-19 17:36
VLAI
Title
Libaom: libaom: heap buffer overflow in av1 encoder first-pass stats buffer via lap mode
Summary
A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was found in libaom, the reference AV1 codec implementation. A flaw in the AV1 encoder's Look-Ahead Processing (LAP) mode causes the first-pass stats ring buffer wrap-around guard to be bypassed when g_lag_in_frames is set to 1 or higher. This results in a 232-byte out-of-bounds write on every encoded frame after the second, corrupting adjacent heap objects. An attacker who can influence encoder configuration in a transcoding service or WebRTC session could exploit this to cause a denial of service (process crash) or potentially achieve code execution.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56208 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://aomedia.googlesource.com/aom/+/243f8ae84b | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490799 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://issues.chromium.org/issues/504317456 |
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 |
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images |
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 |
Date Public
2026-06-19 00:00
Credits
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