Description
Integer overflow in the padding implementation in the opus_packet_parse_impl function in src/opus_decoder.c in Opus before 1.0.2, as used in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a long packet.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | opus | 0.9.14+20120615-1+nmu1 | — |
| Debian 13 | opus | 0.9.14+20120615-1+nmu1 | — |
| Debian 12 | opus | 0.9.14+20120615-1+nmu1 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | chromium | 55.0.2883.75-3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160480
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/02/stable-channel-update_21.html
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/deps/third_party/opus/src/opus_decoder.c?r1=173498&r2=173497&pathrev=173498
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=173498
- https://codereview.chromium.org/11575026
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16027 vdb-entry signature
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0454 vendor-advisory
- http://opus-codec.org/downloads/