CVE-2014-9638 Affecting vorbis-tools package, versions <1.4.0-7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.97% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-VORBISTOOLS-532627
  • published23 Jan 2015
  • disclosed23 Jan 2015

Introduced: 23 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-9638  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 vorbis-tools to version 1.4.0-7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vorbis-tools package and not the vorbis-tools package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

oggenc in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a WAV file with the number of channels set to zero.

CVSS Scores

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