The VpxVideoDecoder::VpxDecode function in media/filters/vpx_video_decoder.cc in the vpxdecoder implementation in Google Chrome before…

Description

The VpxVideoDecoder::VpxDecode function in media/filters/vpx_video_decoder.cc in the vpxdecoder implementation in Google Chrome before 41.0.2272.76 does not ensure that alpha-plane dimensions are identical to image dimensions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted VPx video data.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-17 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-17 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• USN-2521-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 72901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• GLSA-201503-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• RHSA-2015:0627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/03/stable-channel-update.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=449958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://codereview.chromium.org/858303002 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 04:33 UTC.