| Name | CVE-2017-11331 |
| Description | The wav_open function in oggenc/audio.c in Xiph.Org vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted wav file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vorbis-tools (PTS) | bullseye | 1.4.0-11 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.4.2-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.2-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vorbis-tools | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
The issue is "covered" by the fix applied in 0016-oggenc-validate-count-of-channels-in-the-header-CVE-.patch
still the return of malloc is not checked.
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/80
Crash in CLI tool only, negligible security impact