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USN-8772-1: AOM vulnerabilities

USN-8772-1: AOM vulnerabilities

Ubuntu September 16, 2026

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly handled the first-pass statistics buffer in Look-Ahead Processing (LAP) mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56208 ) It was discovered that AOM incorrectly validated spatial and temporal layer IDs in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) encoder controls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write to an arbitrary memory address, read out-of-bounds heap memory, or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56209 , CVE-2026-56210 , CVE-2026-56211 )

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly handled the first-pass statistics buffer in Look-Ahead Processing (LAP) mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56208 )

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly validated spatial and temporal layer IDs in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) encoder controls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write to an arbitrary memory address, read out-of-bounds heap memory, or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56209 , CVE-2026-56210 , CVE-2026-56211 )

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly handled the first-pass statistics buffer in Look-Ahead Processing (LAP) mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56208 ) It was discovered that AOM incorrectly validated spatial and temporal layer IDs in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) encoder controls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write to an arbitrary memory address, read out-of-bounds heap memory, or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56209 , CVE-2026-56210 , CVE-2026-56211 )

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly handled the first-pass statistics buffer in Look-Ahead Processing (LAP) mode. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow, leading to a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56208 )

It was discovered that AOM incorrectly validated spatial and temporal layer IDs in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) encoder controls. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write to an arbitrary memory address, read out-of-bounds heap memory, or execute arbitrary code. ( CVE-2026-56209 , CVE-2026-56210 , CVE-2026-56211 )

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

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