Buffer overflow in vorbis-tools - CVE-2015-6749
Published: July 27, 2020 / Updated: November 10, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31923
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-6749
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 vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c in vorbis-tools. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted AIFF file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
vorbis-tools
vorbis-tools (Alpine package)
a2ps (Alpine package)
vorbis-tools
Fedora
vorbis-tools (Alpine package)
a2ps (Alpine package)
vorbis-tools
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2015-6749
Install update from vendor's website.
vorbis-tools (Alpine package) - update to 1.4.0-r1
vorbis-tools - addressed in versions 1.4.0-20.fc22, 1.4.0-22.fc23
vorbis-tools - addressed in versions 1.4.0-20.fc22, 1.4.0-22.fc23
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165555.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166424.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00013.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/455
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/457
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797461
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258424
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258443
- https://trac.xiph.org/attachment/ticket/2212/0001-oggenc-Fix-large-alloca-on-bad-AIFF-input.patch
- https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/2212