Buffer overflow in vorbis-tools - CVE-2014-9640
Published: July 27, 2020 / Updated: November 10, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31925
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-2014-9640
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 oggenc/oggenc.c in vorbis-tools. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted raw 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
openEuler
Fedora
vorbis-tools
vorbis-tools-debuginfo
vorbis-tools-debugsource
vorbis-tools-help
openEuler
Fedora
vorbis-tools
vorbis-tools-debuginfo
vorbis-tools-debugsource
vorbis-tools-help
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9640
Install update from vendor's website.
vorbis-tools - update to 1.4.0-18.fc21
vorbis-tools - update to 1.4.0-31
vorbis-tools-debuginfo - update to 1.4.0-31
vorbis-tools-debugsource - update to 1.4.0-31
vorbis-tools-help - update to 1.4.0-31
vorbis-tools - update to 1.4.0-31
vorbis-tools-debuginfo - update to 1.4.0-31
vorbis-tools-debugsource - update to 1.4.0-31
vorbis-tools-help - update to 1.4.0-31
External References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0051.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148852.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00032.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:037
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/21/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/9
- https://trac.xiph.org/changeset/19117
- https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/2009