CVE-2018-10393

Publication date 26 April 2018

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

bark_noise_hybridmp in psy.c in Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.6 has a stack-based buffer over-read.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libvorbis	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.2+esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

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Notes

mdeslaur

same patch as CVE-2017-14160

rodrigo-zaiden

there is a recent follow up commit that could also be added when patching this CVE (and CVE-2017-14160) https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis/commit/a9eb99a5 focal does not have this last patch, but with the first patch, I understand that it is safe enough.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libvorbis	Upstream: 018ca26 Upstream: a9eb99a

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H