CVE-2023-47212 Memory corruption in stb vorbis.c

What is CVE-2023-47212?

CVE-2023-47212 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 1 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the comment functionality of stb _vorbis.c v1.22. A specially crafted .ogg file can lead to an out-of-bounds write. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47212?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Nothings Stb Vorbis.c.

How do I fix CVE-2023-47212?

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-2023-47212 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-47212 exists.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2023-47212, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47212, GHSA-w3gr-x835-r39j, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-47212.