CVE-2023-45681

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    CVE-2023-45681

    Published: 20 Oct 2023Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary: Out of bounds heap buffer write in stb_vorbis

    Details: stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger memory write past an allocated heap buffer in `start_decoder`. The root cause is a potential integer overflow in `sizeof(char*) * (f->comment_list_length)` which may make `setup_malloc` allocate less memory than required. Since there is another integer overflow an attacker may overflow it too to force `setup_malloc` to return 0 and make the exploit more reliable. This issue may lead to code execution.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/45xxx/CVE-2023-45681.json, https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_vorbis.c#L3660-L3677, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2MHQQXX27ACLLYUQHWSL3DVCOGUK5ZA4/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2WRORYQ2Z2XXHPX36JHBUSDVY6IOMW2N/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LBIPXOBWUHPAH4QHMVP2AWWAPDDZDQ66/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45681, https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151_stb_image_h/

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