Denial of service (DoS) in vpx/src/vpx_image.c file

A vulnerability in the Android media framework (libvpx) related to odd frame width (CVE-2017-13194)

It was discovered that incorrect validation of frame widths in the libvpx multimedia library may result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2017-13194 Fix for a flaw in libvpx related to odd frame width, which may lead to a denial of service.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.0-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libvpx packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

fix for CVE-2017-13194

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Denial of service (DoS) in vpx/src/vpx_image.c file

A vulnerability in the Android media framework (libvpx) related to odd frame width.(CVE-2017-13194)

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

  - A vulnerability in the Android media framework (libvpx) related to odd frame width. Product: Android.
    Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1. Android ID: A-64710201. (CVE-2017-13194)

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4199-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libvpx did not properly handle certain malformed WebM media files. If an     application using libvpx opened a specially crafted WebM file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of     service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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

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

This update for libvpx fixes one issues. This security issue was fixed :

  - CVE-2017-13194: Fixed incorrect memory allocation     related to odd frame width (bsc#1075992).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for libvpx fixes one issues.

This security issue was fixed :

  - CVE-2017-13194: Fixed incorrect memory allocation     related to odd frame width (bsc#1075992).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
107238	Amazon Linux AMI : libvpx (ALAS-2018-967)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/9/2018	10/24/2025	high
107124	Debian DSA-4132-1 : libvpx - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/5/2018	10/27/2025	high
106981	Debian DLA-1290-1 : libvpx security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/26/2018	10/29/2025	high
106276	Fedora 27 : libvpx (2018-6349371aa1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/24/2018	10/31/2025	high
109694	Amazon Linux 2 : libvpx (ALAS-2018-1015)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	5/11/2018	10/9/2024	high
220610	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-13194	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/15/2025	high
131314	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : libvpx vulnerabilities (USN-4199-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	11/26/2019	8/29/2024	high
106294	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libvpx (SUSE-SU-2018:0181-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/24/2018	10/31/2025	high
106326	openSUSE Security Update : libvpx (openSUSE-2018-87)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/25/2018	10/31/2025	high

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