Denial of service in opusfile



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-47021
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 opusfile
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor opus-codec.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU73185

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47021

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the op_get_data() and op_open1() function in opusfile.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

opusfile: 0.1 - 0.12

CPE2.3 External links

https://github.com/xiph/opusfile/commit/0a4cd796df5b030cb866f3f4a5e41a4b92caddf5
https://github.com/xiph/opusfile/issues/36
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4LIKBLOE433RA44YTYUZLED4IOWJG5DV/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ED4CWLBR2WQ2IXXTHZ24UYZBRNCLMJXH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MYPAQANM2ZNPXRBFOS5NFXNJ7O4Q3OBD/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2ODIA6QRIRBNF2HRXOE5VCZ2AFP4ZB4R/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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