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 base score: 9.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
libvorbis Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was released [1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1])
	upstream	Released (1.3.5-4.1)
	xenial	Released (1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1)
	zesty	Ignored (reached end-of-life)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14632
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3569-1
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Bugs

https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis/issues/2328
https://github.com/xiph/vorbis/issues/29
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=876779
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libvorbis/+bug/1756516

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