CVE-2015-6749

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-6749
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-21 19:59:02 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xiph Vorbis-tools All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2015:1686-1: moderate: Security update for vorbis-tools af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: vorbis-tools-1.4.0-20.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
1258443 – (CVE-2015-6749) CVE-2015-6749 vorbis-tools: invalid AIFF file causes alloca() buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-sec: CVE request: vorbis-tools: buffer overflow in aiff_open() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
trac.xiph.org/attachment/ticket/2212/0001-oggenc-Fix-large-alloca-on-bad-AI... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.xiph.org
#2212 (oggenc aiff_open buffer overflow) – Xiph af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.xiph.org Exploit
#797461 - vorbis-tools: CVE-2015-6749 invalid AIFF file cause alloca() buffer overflow - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: vorbis-tools-1.4.0-22.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-sec: Re: CVE request: vorbis-tools: buffer overflow in aiff_open() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Bug 1258424 – vorbis-tools: Bufer overflow in aiff_open function af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 901083 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vorbis-tools (7403)
  • 901599 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vorbis-tools (6955)
  • 905505 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vorbis-tools (7403-1)
  • 905509 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for vorbis-tools (6955-1)
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