Out-of-bounds read in libvorbis - CVE-2017-14160

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12882

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14160

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

the vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the bark_noise_hybridmp function in psy.c due to out-of-bounds read. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted mp4 file and cause the service to crash.

libvorbis
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
libvorbis (Alpine package)
openSUSE Leap
mingw-libvorbis
libvorbis
libvorbis0a (Ubuntu package)
libvorbisfile3 (Ubuntu package)
libvorbisenc2 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's website.

libvorbis (Alpine package) - update to 1.3.5-r2
mingw-libvorbis - update to 1.3.6-2.fc29
libvorbis - update to 1.3.6-3.fc28
libvorbis0a (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.3.53ubuntu0.2+esm1
libvorbisfile3 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.3.53ubuntu0.2+esm1
libvorbisenc2 (Ubuntu package) - update to 1.3.53ubuntu0.2+esm1

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/21/2

• OpenSUSE Linux update for libvorbis
• Gentoo update for libvorbis
• Slackware Linux update for libvorbis
• Out-of-bounds read in libvorbis (Alpine package)
• Ubuntu update for libvorbis
• Fedora 28 update for libvorbis
• Fedora 29 update for mingw-libvorbis