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GLSA-202507-06 : openh264: Heap Overflow
high Nessus Plugin ID 241590
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Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202507-06 (openh264: Heap Overflow)A vulnerability has been discovered in openh264. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
All openh264 users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/openh264-2.6.0
See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 241590
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202507-06.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 7/8/2025
Updated: 7/8/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27091
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Threat Score: 6.1
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:openh264
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-27091