CVE-2007-5301

Published: Oct 9, 2007Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the vorbis_stream_info function in input/vorbis/vorbis_engine.c (aka the vorbis input plugin) in AlsaPlayer before 0.99.80-rc3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .OGG file with long comments.

Affected (1)

Products: Alsaplayer: Alsaplayer

Alsaplayer

1 product

Alsaplayer

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Alsaplayer Alsaplayer	Up to 0.99.80-rc2

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (22)

http://secunia.com/advisories/27117

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29680

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=742584

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=544663&group_id=249

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490671/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25969

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3393

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2007-5301/CVE-2007-5301-exploit.sh

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36996

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5424

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/27117