Upstream information

CVE-2026-56211 at MITRE

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability was found in libaom, the reference AV1 codec implementation. Insufficient bounds validation in the AV1 encoder's SVC (Scalable Video Coding) layer ID control allows an attacker to supply crafted video frame pixels that overlap with internal encoder layer context structures. In fork-based video processing services, an attacker can use this to hijack the cyclic refresh map pointer, brute-force the process base address via a crash oracle, and redirect control flow to achieve arbitrary command execution. Exploitation requires the target service to use libaom with SVC encoding enabled and accept attacker-supplied video frames.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 7.1 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Active
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1268655 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 libaom Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 libaom Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 libaom Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 libaom Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 libaom Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 libaom Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 libaom Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 libaom Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 libaom Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 libaom Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 libaom Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 libaom Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 libaom Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 libaom Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 libaom Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 libaom Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 libaom Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 libaom Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 libaom Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 libaom Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 libaom Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 libaom Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 19 20:05:25 2026
CVE page last modified: Mon Jun 22 13:29:23 2026