Out-of-bounds Write Affecting xiph/flac package, versions [,1.3.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XIPHFLAC-2412709
  • published24 Feb 2022
  • disclosed23 Feb 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-0561  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade xiph/flac to version 1.3.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write via append_to_verify_fifo_interleaved_ of stream_encoder.c, due to missing bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1