Out-of-Bounds Affecting libvorbis package, versions <1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.51% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBVORBIS-326225
  • published21 Sept 2017
  • disclosed21 Sept 2017

Introduced: 21 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14632  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libvorbis to version 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvorbis package and not the libvorbis package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1