NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libstb package, versions *
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- published 22 Oct 2023
- disclosed 21 Oct 2023
Introduced: 21 Oct 2023
CVE-2023-45680 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:12 libstb.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libstb package and not the libstb package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger memory allocation failure in start_decoder. In that case the function returns early, the f->comment_list is set to NULL, but f->comment_list_length is not reset. Later in vorbis_deinit it tries to dereference the NULL pointer. This issue may lead to denial of service.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-45680
- https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_vorbis.c#L3660-L3666
- https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_vorbis.c#L4208-L4215
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151_stb_image_h/