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CVE-2024-5197VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: libvpx security update

Affects Red Hat libvpxSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:01 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 18 Nov 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 that addresses this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants should apply the security update as described in Red Hat Advisory RHSA-2024:9827. Details on applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2024-5197) exists in the libvpx library's vpx_img_alloc() function, which is part of the VP8 video codec SDK used for encoding and decoding WebM multimedia files. This vulnerability has been rated as having a moderate security impact by Red Hat. A security update addressing this issue is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants.

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