CVE-2017-14632

Published: 21 September 2017

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.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
libvorbis Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
	artful	Released (1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1)
	trusty	Released (1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1)
	upstream	Released (1.3.5-4.1)
	xenial	Released (1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Bugs

Join the discussion

Canonical is offering Expanded Security Maintenance

Canonical is offering Ubuntu Expanded Security Maintenance (ESM) for security fixes and essential packages.

Find out more about ESM ›