Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc().

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Increasing the resolution of video frames, while performing a multi-threaded encode, can result in a heap     overflow in av1_loop_restoration_dealloc(). (CVE-2023-6879)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0517-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2023-6879: Fixed a heap buffer overflow when increasing the       video frame resolution (bsc#1218429).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-a6c2300bca advisory.

    update to 120.0.6099.199


     - CVE-2023-6879 aom: heap-buffer-overflow on frame size change
    - CVE-2023-7104 sqlite: heap-buffer-overflow at sessionfuzz
    - CVE-2024-0222: Use after free in ANGLE
    - CVE-2024-0223: Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE
    - CVE-2024-0224: Use after free in WebAudio
    - CVE-2024-0225: Use after free in WebGPU


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-210776b8c7 advisory.

    update to 120.0.6099.199

     - CVE-2023-6879 aom: heap-buffer-overflow on frame size change
     - CVE-2023-7104 sqlite: heap-buffer-overflow at sessionfuzz
     - CVE-2024-0222: Use after free in ANGLE
     - CVE-2024-0223: Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE
     - CVE-2024-0224: Use after free in WebAudio
     - CVE-2024-0225: Use after free in WebGPU





Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
225879	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-6879	Nessus	Misc.	critical
213064	SUSE SLED15: aom-tools / libaom-devel / libaom-devel-doc / libaom3 / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:4333-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
190629	SUSE SLED15: aom-tools / libaom-devel / libaom-devel-doc / libaom3 / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:0517-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
187666	Fedora 38 : chromium (2024-a6c2300bca)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
187648	Fedora 39 : chromium (2024-210776b8c7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical

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