Red Hat Security Advisory: libvpx security update
Affects Red Hat libvpxSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:01 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Nov 2024
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 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.