VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8962
Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .flac file.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 9.86%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (9.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .flac file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 9.86% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- flac/libflac
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0499.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00034.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129261/libFLAC-1.3.0-Stack-Overflow-Heap-Overflow-Code-Execution.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0767.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3082
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:239
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:188
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-008.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534083/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71280
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2426-1
- https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b3033a2b355068c11fe637e14ac742d273f076e
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0499.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00034.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129261/libFLAC-1.3.0-Stack-Overflow-Heap-Overflow-Code-Execution.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0767.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3082
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:239
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:188
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-008.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534083/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71280
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2426-1
- https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b3033a2b355068c11fe637e14ac742d273f076e
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.