Sean Barrett stb_vorbis version 1.12 and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability…
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Sean Barrett stb_vorbis version 1.12 and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in All vorbis decoding paths. that can result in memory corruption, denial of service, comprised execution of host program. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim must open a specially crafted Ogg Vorbis file. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.13.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01838 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:stb_vorbis_project:stb_vorbis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.12 | Vulnerable | Stb Vorbis Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:stb_vorbis_project:stb_vorbis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.12 Vulnerable ·Stb Vorbis Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000050
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4c6-5qcw-3c6v
More Stb Vorbis Project Stb Vorbis vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-09907 A stack buffer overflow in the compute_codewords function in stb_vorbis through… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-09903 A heap buffer overflow in the start_decoder function in stb_vorbis through 2019-03-04… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2019-09908 An out-of-bounds read of a global buffer in the draw_line function in stb_vorbis through… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2019-09906 Use of uninitialized stack variables in the start_decoder function in stb_vorbis through… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2019-09909 A reachable assertion in the lookup1_values function in stb_vorbis through 2019-03-04… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2019-09905 A NULL pointer dereference in the get_window function in stb_vorbis through 2019-03-04… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
Sources
- CVE-2018-1000050 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-1000050 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g4c6-5qcw-3c6v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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