CVE-2017-11331

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Published 2017-07-31 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The wav_open function in oggenc/audio.c in Xiph.Org vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation error) via a crafted wav file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42397 dos linux

qflb.wu · 2017-07-31

Vorbis Tools oggenc 1.4.0 - '.wav' Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Arch Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.4.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.4.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.4.3-1`
bullseye	Affected	—
bookworm	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
xiph	vorbis-tools	`1.4.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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

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