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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45677

stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger out of bounds write in `f->vendor[len] = (char)'\0';`. The root cause is that if `len` read in `start_decoder` is a negative number and `setup_malloc` successfully allocates memory in that case, but memory write is done with a negative index `len`. Similarly if len is INT_MAX the integer overflow len+1 happens in `f->vendor = (char*)setup_malloc(f, sizeof(char) * (len+1));` and `f->comment_list[i] = (char*)setup_malloc(f, sizeof(char) * (len+1));`. This issue may lead to code execution.

Products
libstb
Affected versions
0.0~git20220908.8b5f1f3+ds-1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.1~exp1, 0.0~git20230129.5736b15+ds-1.2, 0.0~git20240715.f7f20f39fe4f+ds-1, 0.0~git20241109.5c20573+ds-1, 0.0~git20250907.fede005+ds-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2023-45677
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 15:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45677

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Oct 2023, 00:15 UTC

stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger out of bounds write in `f->vendor[len] = (char)'\0';`. The root cause is that if `len` read in `start_decoder` is a negative number and `setup_malloc` successfully allocates memory in that case, but memory write is done with a negative index `len`. Similarly if len is INT_MAX the integer overflow len+1 happens in `f->vendor = (char*)setup_malloc(f, sizeof(char) * (len+1));` and `f->comment_list[i] = (char*)setup_malloc(f, sizeof(char) * (len+1));`. This issue may lead to code execution.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45677

libstb

Fixed versions: Not specified

libstb

Fixed versions: Not specified

libstb

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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