ALSA-2023:5046

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    ALSA-2023:5046

    Published: 11 Sept 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Important: flac security update

    Details: FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. FLAC is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, and a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files. Security Fix(es): * flac: Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the bitwriter_grow_ function, by supplying crafted input to the encoder (CVE-2020-22219) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5046, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-22219, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2235489, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5046.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: flac

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/flac

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.2-9.el8_8.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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