CVE-2007-5301

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Published Oct 9, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 10.2% KEV · Not listed

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 Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:alsaplayer:alsaplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1538-1	New alsaplayer packages fix arbitrary code execution

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 10.2% (10.238% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/27117
http://secunia.com/advisories/29680
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=742584
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=544663&group_id=249
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490671/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25969
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3393
http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2007-5301/CVE-2007-5301-exploit.sh
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36996
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5424

History

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Subscriptions

Alsaplayer Alsaplayer

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:24 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 9, 2007, 6:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:24 PM
Reserved: Oct 9, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:45 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 9, 2007, 6:17 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:45 PM

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