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CVE-2017-11331

Published: 31 July 2017

The wav_open function in oggenc/audio.c in Xiph.Org vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted wav file.

Notes

AuthorNote
ratliff
The following notes are from Debian:
debian
NOTE: The issue is "covered" by the fix applied in 0016-oggenc-validate-count-of-channels-in-the-header-CVE-.patch
NOTE: still the return of malloc is not checked.
NOTE: Crash in CLI tool only, negligible security impact

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
vorbis-tools
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needed

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needed

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needed

zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Needed

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H