Out-of-bounds read in libvorbis - CVE-2017-14633
Published: February 14, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10571
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14633
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the function mapping0_forward() in mapping0.c due to out-of-bounds array read. A remote attacker can send the specially crafted audio file, trick the victim into operating it with vorbis_analysis() and cause the application to crash.
The weakness exists in the function mapping0_forward() in mapping0.c due to out-of-bounds array read. A remote attacker can send the specially crafted audio file, trick the victim into operating it with vorbis_analysis() and cause the application to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14633
Install update from vendor's website.