VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-8962

high
Published 2014-11-26 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .flac file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 1.3.0-3
sid Fixed 1.3.0-3
forky Fixed 1.3.0-3
bullseye Fixed 1.3.0-3
bookworm Fixed 1.3.0-3

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
flaclibflac{"endIncluding":"1.3.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.