CVE-2023-6879 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in the aomedia AV1 encoder, affecting aomedia and Fedora products. This flaw occurs when increasing video frame resolution during multi-threaded encoding, potentially leading to remote code execution or denial of service. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high severity and network-based attack vector warrant immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aomedia:aomedia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
38CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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