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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2023-45678 EUVD-2023-49968

Off-by-one heap buffer write in start_decoder in stb_vorbis

Published Oct 20, 2023 · Updated Sep 12, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger out of buffer write in `start_decoder` because at maximum `m->submaps` can be 16 but `submap_floor` and `submap_residue` are declared as arrays of 15 elements. This issue may lead to code execution.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nothings stb <= 1.22 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libstb No fix yet —
Debian 13 libstb No fix yet —
Debian 12 libstb No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libstb No fix yet —

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