CVE-2013-0894 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or potentially execute code via a buffer overflow in the FFmpeg Vorbis decoder, affecting applications like Chrome.
- 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-2013-0894?
CVE-2013-0894 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Feb 2013. 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
Buffer overflow in the vorbis_parse_setup_hdr_floors function in the Vorbis decoder in vorbisdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg through 1.1.3, as used in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error or out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a zero value for a bark map size.
Weakness: CWE-120
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0894?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, Google Chrome, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0894?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2013-0894 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0894 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0894, GHSA-4fp9-hr59-c2fp.