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libvpx vulnerability

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The libvpx vulnerability tag covers security flaws in the libvpx library, which implements VP8 and VP9 video codecs and is widely embedded in browsers, media servers, and desktop applications. Recent discussions include CVE-2023-44488, a critical denial-of-service vulnerability in the VP9 encoder affecting versions prior to 1.13.1, and CVE-2026-1861, a heap buffer overflow fixed in Chrome and Microsoft Edge. These vulnerabilities pose availability and security risks for any application using the vulnerable library. The tag focuses on CVEs, patches, and the impact on Windows software such as Chromium-based browsers.
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    Critical DoS in libvpx VP9 encoder CVE-2023-44488

    A critical denial-of-service vulnerability in the libvpx VP9 encoder — tracked as CVE-2023-44488 — allows specially crafted input to crash the encoder in libvpx versions prior to 1.13.1, posing a real availability risk for any service or application that performs VP9 encoding or otherwise embeds...
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    CVE-2026-1861: Libvpx heap overflow fix in Chrome and Edge

    Google’s disclosure of CVE-2026-1861 — a heap buffer overflow in libvpx — is small, but it matters: the bug was fixed in Chrome’s Stable channel (build 144.0.7559.132) and appears in multiple vendor tracking feeds, and Microsoft has listed the CVE in its Security Update Guide to document the...
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    • browser security chromium edge patching libvpx vulnerability
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