CVE-2019-9371

Publication date 27 September 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

In libvpx, there is a possible resource exhaustion due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-132783254

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libvpx	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Fixed 1.7.0-3ubuntu0.19.04.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.7.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

alexmurray

Updated third_party libwebm is only in >= 1.8.1

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
libvpx	Upstream: 34d54b0 Upstream: f00890e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4199-1
libvpx vulnerabilities
25 November 2019