CVE-2007-5301

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    CVE-2007-5301

    Published: 9 Oct 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the vorbis_stream_info function in input/vorbis/vorbis_engine.c (aka the vorbis input plugin) in AlsaPlayer before 0.99.80-rc3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .OGG file with long comments.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/27117, http://secunia.com/advisories/29680, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3393, http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=742584, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=544663&group_id=249, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490671/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25969, http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2007-5301/CVE-2007-5301-exploit.sh, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36996, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5424

    Affected packages

    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