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CVE-2017-14160 json

The bark_noise_hybridmp function in psy.c in Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds a…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-5670

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.6%
EPSS 4.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The bark_noise_hybridmp function in psy.c in Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted mp4 file.

Patch / fix

  • libvorbis Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.6-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14160

  • libvorbis Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.3.5-3ubuntu0.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14160

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libvorbis SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.2.0-79.20.11.1
  • libvorbis SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +1 more 1.3.3-10.11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1321-1SUSE-SU-2018:1324-1

  • libvorbis openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.7-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11009-1

  • libvorbis Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 1.3.5-r3
  • libvorbis Alpine 3.6, Alpine 3.5, Alpine 3.4 +1 more 1.3.5-r2

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-14160

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14160 updated cvss 3.3

libvorbis: Out-of-bounds read in the bark_noise_hybridmp function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libvorbis Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libvorbis Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libvorbis
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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