CVE-2024-56431
Critical
CVE-2024-56431
oc_huff_tree_unpack in huffdec.c in libtheora in Theora through 1.0 7180717 has an invalid negative left shift. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because there is no evidence of a security impact, e.g., an application would not crash.
Exploit probability
1.9%
Published
December 25, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-56431
View original source
oc_huff_tree_unpack in huffdec.c in libtheora in Theora through 1.0 7180717 has an invalid negative left shift. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because there is no evidence of a security impact, e.g., an application would not crash.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/25/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/25/6
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56431.json
- https://github.com/UnionTech-Software/libtheora-CVE-2024-56431-PoC
- https://github.com/xiph/theora/blob/7180717276af1ebc7da15c83162d6c5d6203aabf/lib/huffdec.c#L193
- https://github.com/xiph/theora/issues/17#issuecomment-2480630603
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56431
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/04/25/6