USN-2426-1

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    USN-2426-1

    Published: 27 Nov 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: flac vulnerabilities

    Details: Michele Spagnuolo discovered that FLAC incorrectly handled certain malformed audio files. An attacker could use this issue to cause FLAC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2426-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8962, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9028

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: flac

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1.3.0-1
    1.3.0-2

    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