CVE-2015-6749 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted AIFF file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0252.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Xiph	Vorbis-tools

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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-2015-6686	Buffer overflow in the aiff_open function in oggenc/audio.c in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted AIFF file.

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-September/165555.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/166424.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00013.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/455
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/457
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797461
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258424
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258443
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6749
https://trac.xiph.org/attachment/ticket/2212/0001-oggenc-Fix-large-alloca-on-bad-AIFF-input.patch
https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/2212
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6749

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.02217}`	epss `{'score': 0.0252}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-21T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:29:24.754Z

Reserved: 2015-08-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-6749

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-09-21T19:59:02.777

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

Link: CVE-2015-6749

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-08-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-6749 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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