# CVE-2014-9640: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via out-of-bounds read in vorbis-tools when processing crafted raw files.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 23 Jan 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9640, GHSA-24hp-h6f6-wg59, MGASA-2015-0051, OESA-2021-1028, SUSE-SU-2015:0367-1

## What is CVE-2014-9640?

CVE-2014-9640 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 23 Jan 2015. 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

oggenc/oggenc.c in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted raw file.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9640?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `vorbis-tools` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | All versions | 1.4.0-19.1 |
| `vorbis-tools` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 | All versions | 1.4.0-19.1 |
| `vorbis-tools` | SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 | All versions | 1.4.0-19.1 |

Products: Opensuse Opensuse, Xiph Vorbis-Tools.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9640?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-9640 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

- [CVE-2015-5957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5957/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2015-0491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0491/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-2388](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2388/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-1866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1866/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-0492](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-0492/): Other in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9640 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9640 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 23 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9640/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9640
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9640
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9640

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9640/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.