Buffer overflow in Ogg Video Tools - CVE-2020-21723

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Buffer overflow in Ogg Video Tools - CVE-2020-21723

Published: August 28, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU80027
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2020-21723
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Ogg Video Tools
Software vendor:
Ogg Video Tools

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the StreamSerializer::extractStreams() function in streamSerializer.cpp. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crrafted .ogg file and crash the application.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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