Xiph vorbis-tools 1.4.0 divide by zero

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Xiph vorbis-tools 1.4.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to divide by zero. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-9638. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Xiph vorbis-tools 1.4.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a divide by zero vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-369. The product divides a value by zero. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

oggenc in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a WAV file with the number of channels set to zero.

The weakness was released 01/23/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at trac.xiph.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-9638 since 01/22/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84080 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : vorbis-tools (SUSE-SU-2015:1014-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168106 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for vorbis-tools (SUSE-SU-2015:1775-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (100265), Tenable (84080), SecurityFocus (BID 72290†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49077†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-73752 and VDB-77982. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Divide by zero
CWE: CWE-369 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 84080
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : vorbis-tools (SUSE-SU-2015:1014-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for vorbis-tools FEDORA-2015-2335
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03/27/2015 +11 days 🔍
06/10/2015 +75 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 2137
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-9638 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9638
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73751

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X-Force: 100265
SecurityFocus: 72290 - Vorbis Tools CVE-2014-9638 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 49077 - vorbis-tools 1.4.0 Remote DoS via a WAV File with the Number of Channels Set to Zero - CVE-2014-9638, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/11/2022 16:44
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (61), 06/23/2017 10:20 (9), 04/11/2022 16:36 (3), 04/11/2022 16:44 (1)
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