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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
- 1.4.0-10, 1.4.0-10.1, 1.4.0-11, 1.4.0-6ubuntu1, 1.4.0-7ubuntu1, 1.4.2-1, 1.4.2-1build2, 1.4.2-1build4, 1.4.2-2, 1.4.2-2build1, 1.4.3-1, 1.4.3-1build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-34253
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 03:00 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:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-34253
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Complete source record
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