Memory corruption in libvorbis - CVE-2017-14632
Published: February 14, 2018 / Updated: February 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10569
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14632
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: xiph.org
Affected software:
libvorbis
libvorbis
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted files, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted files, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14632
Install update from vendor's website.