CVE-2007-4029 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in applications using libvorbis by providing malicious audio files with invalid mapping or blocksize values.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-4029?
CVE-2007-4029 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
libvorbis 1.1.2, and possibly other versions before 1.2.0, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via (1) an invalid mapping type, which triggers an out-of-bounds read in the vorbis_info_clear function in info.c, and (2) invalid blocksize values that trigger a segmentation fault in the read function in block.c.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4029?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Libvorbis Libvorbis.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4029?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-4029 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4029 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4029, GHSA-f885-7gr5-w3p4.