ALSA-2021:4231

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    ALSA-2021:4231

    Published: 9 Nov 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: libwebp security update

    Details: The libwebp packages provide a library and tools for the WebP graphics format. WebP is an image format with a lossy compression of digital photographic images. WebP consists of a codec based on the VP8 format, and a container based on the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF). Webmasters, web developers and browser developers can use WebP to compress, archive, and distribute digital images more efficiently. Security Fix(es): * libwebp: out-of-bounds read in WebPMuxCreateInternal (CVE-2018-25009) * libwebp: out-of-bounds read in ApplyFilter() (CVE-2018-25010) * libwebp: out-of-bounds read in WebPMuxCreateInternal() (CVE-2018-25012) * libwebp: out-of-bounds read in ShiftBytes() (CVE-2018-25013) * libwebp: use of uninitialized value in ReadSymbol() (CVE-2018-25014) * libwebp: out-of-bounds read in ChunkVerifyAndAssign() in mux/muxread.c (CVE-2020-36330) * libwebp: out-of-bounds read in ChunkAssignData() in mux/muxinternal.c (CVE-2020-36331) * libwebp: excessive memory allocation when reading a file (CVE-2020-36332) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libwebp

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/libwebp

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.0-5.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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