CVE-2014-9638 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

oggenc in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a WAV file with the number of channels set to zero.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01279.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Fedoraproject	Fedora
Opensuse	Opensuse
Xiph	Vorbis-tools

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xiph:vorbis-tools:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-317-1	vorbis-tools security update
Debian DLA	DLA-1010-1	vorbis-tools security update
EUVD	EUVD-2014-9448	oggenc in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a WAV file with the number of channels set to zero.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150543.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150570.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00054.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/78
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/21/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/22/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72290
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9638
https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/2137
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9638

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0136}`	epss `{'score': 0.01279}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-01-23T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.738Z

Reserved: 2015-01-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9638

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-01-23T15:59:07.523

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9638

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-01-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9638 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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