CVE-2023-45679

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    CVE-2023-45679

    Published: 20 Oct 2023Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary: Attempt to free an uninitialized memory pointer in vorbis_deinit in stb_vorbis

    Details: stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger memory allocation failure in `start_decoder`. In that case the function returns early, but some of the pointers in `f->comment_list` are left initialized and later `setup_free` is called on these pointers in `vorbis_deinit`. This issue may lead to code execution.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/45xxx/CVE-2023-45679.json, https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_vorbis.c#L3660-L3677, https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_vorbis.c#L4208-L4215, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45679, https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151_stb_image_h/

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