Improper Access Control Affecting xiph/vorbis package, versions [,1.3.5]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-XIPHVORBIS-2377275
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed31 Jul 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 31 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11333  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for xiph/vorbis.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. The vorbis_analysis_wrote function in lib/block.c in Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OOM) via a crafted wav file.

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