Critical
Security advisory
Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-14632
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.c when vi->channels<=0, a similar issue to Mozilla bug 550184.
osv:CVE-2017-14632
Complete source record
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