Red Hat Security Advisory: libvpx security update
Affects Red Hat libvpxSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:03 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 20 Aug 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released an updated libvpx package version 1.9.0-7.el9_0.2 that addresses CVE-2024-5197. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions should apply this update promptly. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Description
An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the vpx_img_alloc() function of the libvpx library, which provides the VP8 video codec SDK used for encoding and decoding WebM multimedia files. This issue is tracked as CVE-2024-5197 and has been rated with moderate security impact by Red Hat. A security update addressing this vulnerability is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.