CVE-2026-5673Libtheora: libtheora: denial of service or information disclosure via malformed avi file processing
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A flaw was found in libtheora. This heap-based out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists within the AVI (Audio Video Interleave) parser, specifically in the avi_parse_input_file() function. A local attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted AVI file containing a truncated header sub-chunk. This could lead to a denial-of-service (application crash) or potentially leak sensitive information from the heap.
- CVSS
- 5.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- May 1, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
xiph theora xiph:theora | all versions | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux redhat:enterprise_linux | 6.0; 7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 | NVD |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5673vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455340issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/xiph/theora/issues/24exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
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