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CVE-2017-14632

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the...

9.8 CriticalFix available

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.71%Up 3.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
CVE-2017-14632
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
CVE-2017-14632
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6132 No score

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
EUVD-2017-6132
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pmfq-f4h4-9pwp 9.8

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the...

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
GHSA-pmfq-f4h4-9pwp
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2017-14632 9.8

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
ALPINE-CVE-2017-14632
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-14632 9.8

CVE-2017-14632 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2017-14632
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSV 9.8

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
CVE-2017-14632
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-14632 9.8

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14632
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14632 9.8

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14632
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0070 No score

Updated libvorbis packages fix security vulnerabilities

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184. (CVE-2017-14632)

In Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5, an out-of-bounds array read vulnerability exists in the function mapping0_forward() in mapping0.c, which may lead to DoS when operating on a crafted audio file with vorbis_analysis(). (CVE-2017-14633)

Record
MGASA-2018-0070
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0084 No score

Updated libvorbis packages fix security vulnerabilities

Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184 (CVE-2017-14632).

In Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5, an out-of-bounds array read vulnerability exists in the function mapping0_forward() in mapping0.c, which may lead to DoS when operating on a crafted audio file with vorbis_analysis() (CVE-2017-14633).

Record
MGASA-2018-0084
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11009-1 No score

libvorbis-devel-1.3.7-1.6 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the libvorbis-devel-1.3.7-1.6 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11009-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0015-1 No score

Security update for libvorbis

This update for libvorbis fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-14633: out-of-bounds array read vulnerability exists in function mapping0_forward() could lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1059811)
  • CVE-2017-14632: Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in function vorbis_analysis_headerout(bsc#1059809)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0015-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:0016-1 No score

Security update for libvorbis

This update for libvorbis fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2017-14633: out-of-bounds array read vulnerability exists in function mapping0_forward() could lead to remote denial of service (bsc#1059811)
  • CVE-2017-14632: Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in function vorbis_analysis_headerout(bsc#1059809)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:0016-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3569-1 No score

libvorbis vulnerabilities

It was discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-14632)

It was discovered that libvorbis incorrectly handled certain sound files. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-14633)

Record
USN-3569-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.10
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.11
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.12
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.13
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.14
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.15
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.16
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.17
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.18
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.19
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.20
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.21
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.22
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.23
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.24
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.4
 before 1.3.5-r3
1.3.5-r3
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.5
 before 1.3.5-r3
1.3.5-r3
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.6
 before 1.3.5-r3
1.3.5-r3
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.7
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.8
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Alpine:v3.9
 before 1.3.5-r4
1.3.5-r4
libvorbis
Debian:12
 before 1.3.5-4.1
1.3.5-4.1
libvorbis
Debian:13
 before 1.3.5-4.1
1.3.5-4.1
libvorbis
Debian:14
 before 1.3.5-4.1
1.3.5-4.1
libvorbis
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 1.3.2-1.3+deb7u1, plus listed versions
1.3.2-1.3
1.3.2-1.3+deb7u1
libvorbis
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 1.3.5-4+deb9u1, plus listed versions
1.3.5-4
1.3.5-4+deb9u1
libvorbis
Mageia:6
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.5-2.1.mga6
1.3.5-2.1.mga6
libvorbis
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.5-1.1.mga5
1.3.5-1.1.mga5
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.3-10.3.1
1.3.3-10.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.2.0-79.20.3.1
1.2.0-79.20.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.2.0-79.20.3.1
1.2.0-79.20.3.1
libvorbis
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.2.0-79.20.3.1
1.2.0-79.20.3.1
libvorbis
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
1.3.2-1.31.3.2-1.3ubuntu1
1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1
libvorbis
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1.3.4-21.3.4-31.3.5-21.3.5-3
1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1
libvorbis
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
1.3.2-1.31.3.2-1.3ubuntu1
1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1
libvorbis
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1.3.4-21.3.4-31.3.5-21.3.5-3
1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1
libvorbis
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 1.3.7-1.6
1.3.7-1.6

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-14632 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Xiph.org Libvorbis, published September 21, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.71%, the 93rd percentile. Fixed in libvorbis 1.3.5-r4.

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