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GLSA-202509-07 : libvpx: Use after free

medium Nessus Plugin ID 265368

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202509-07 (libvpx: Use after free)

 A vulnerability has been discovered in libvpx. Please review the CVE identifier 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 libvpx users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/libvpx-1.15.2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202509-07

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958466

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 265368

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202509-07.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/18/2025

Updated: 9/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5283

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libvpx

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5283