CVE-2017-14632

Publication date 21 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvorbis 17.10 artful
Fixed 1.3.5-4ubuntu0.1
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.3.2-1.3ubuntu1.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3569-1
    • libvorbis vulnerabilities
    • 13 February 2018

Other references