CVE-2007-5301 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 10.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in the vorbis_stream_info function in input/vorbis/vorbis_engine.c (aka the vorbis input plugin) in AlsaPlayer before 0.99.80-rc3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .OGG file with long comments.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 10.24% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-10-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| alsaplayer | alsaplayer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | AlsaPlayer < 0.99.80-rc3 - Vorbis Input Local Buffer Overflow | 2008-04-10 |
| exploit-db | AlsaPlayer 0.99.x - Vorbis Input Plugin OGG Processing Remote Buffer Overflow | 2007-10-08 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29680
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=742584
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=544663&group_id=249
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490671/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25969
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3393
- http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2007-5301/CVE-2007-5301-exploit.sh
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36996
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5424
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29680
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=742584
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=544663&group_id=249
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490671/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25969
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3393
- http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2007-5301/CVE-2007-5301-exploit.sh
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