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Medium · 5.6 CVE-2026-5673 EUVD-2026-19219

Libtheora: libtheora: denial of service or information disclosure via malformed avi file processing

Published Apr 6, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libtheora No fix yet —
Debian 13 libtheora No fix yet —
Debian 12 libtheora No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 asc +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS asc +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 asc +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS asc +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS asc +2 No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS asc +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS asc +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS asc +2 No fix yet —

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