A heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability was found in libaom, the reference AV1 codec implementation. A missing bounds check in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) layer ID control function allows setting a spatial_layer_id exceeding the configured number of layers. This causes an out-of-bounds heap read of approximately 40,728 bytes when computing a layer context array index. An attacker who can influence SVC encoder parameters in a network-facing service could exploit this for information disclosure (heap content leak) or denial of service (segmentation fault from hitting unmapped memory).
History

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First Time appeared Aomedia
Aomedia libaom
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Vendors & Products Aomedia
Aomedia libaom
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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threat_severity

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Description A heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability was found in libaom, the reference AV1 codec implementation. A missing bounds check in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) layer ID control function allows setting a spatial_layer_id exceeding the configured number of layers. This causes an out-of-bounds heap read of approximately 40,728 bytes when computing a layer context array index. An attacker who can influence SVC encoder parameters in a network-facing service could exploit this for information disclosure (heap content leak) or denial of service (segmentation fault from hitting unmapped memory).
Title Libaom: libaom: heap-buffer-overflow read via missing bounds check in ctrl_set_layer_id
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat enterprise Linux Ai
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-125
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat enterprise Linux Ai
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2026-06-19T16:28:33.035Z

Updated: 2026-06-29T00:06:41.941Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T15:50:16.801Z

Link: CVE-2026-56210

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-22T18:23:02.596Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-06-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-56210 - Bugzilla