CVE-2015-6749 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Vorbis-tools

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow8 documents7 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.0%
top 16.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Xiph Vorbis-toolsDebian Vorbis-toolsMsrc CBL Mariner 2.0 ARM+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted AIFF file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶debiandebian/vorbis-tools< vorbis-tools 1.4.0-7 (bookworm)
▶Debianxiph/vorbis-tools< 1.4.0-7+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8v83-gwwh-26pr: Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2015-6749: Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio↗2015-09-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
CVE-2015-6749: NIST NVD Details: https://nvd↗2021-12-14
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Red Hat
vorbis-tools: invalid AIFF file causes alloca() buffer overflow↗2015-08-30
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Debian
CVE-2015-6749: vorbis-tools - Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c in vorbis-tools 1.4....↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-6749 vorbis-tools: invalid AIFF file causes alloca() buffer overflow [fedora-all]↗2015-08-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-6749 vorbis-tools: invalid AIFF file causes alloca() buffer overflow↗2015-08-31
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