Memory corruption in libvorbis - CVE-2017-14632
Published: February 14, 2018 / Updated: February 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10569
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14632
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
libvorbis
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
libvorbis (Alpine package)
mingw-libvorbis
libvorbis
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
libvorbis (Alpine package)
mingw-libvorbis
libvorbis
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14632
Install update from vendor's website.
libvorbis (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.3.5-r3, 1.3.6-r0
mingw-libvorbis - update to 1.3.6-2.fc29
libvorbis - update to 1.3.6-3.fc28
mingw-libvorbis - update to 1.3.6-2.fc29
libvorbis - update to 1.3.6-3.fc28