vorbis-tools — security advisory
A buffer underflow vulnerability has been identified in the ogg123 utility from the vorbis-tools 1.4.3 package in function remotethread in remote.c. This vulnerability occurs in the remote control functionality when processing malformed input, leading to a stack buffer underflow that can cause application crashes and potentially allow code execution.
- Products
- vorbis-tools
- Affected versions
- 1.4.2-1, 1.4.2-2, 1.4.3-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-34253
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A buffer underflow vulnerability has been identified in the ogg123 utility from the vorbis-tools 1.4.3 package in function remotethread in remote.c. This vulnerability occurs in the remote control functionality when processing malformed input, leading to a stack buffer underflow that can cause application crashes and potentially allow code execution.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-34253
vorbis-tools
Fixed versions: Not specified
vorbis-tools
Fixed versions: Not specified
vorbis-tools
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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