CVE-2023-45677

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Oct 21, 2023
Updated: Oct 26, 2023
CWE ID 787

Summary

CVE-2023-45677 is a vulnerability affecting the stb_vorbis library, which is used for processing Ogg Vorbis files. The issue arises when decoding a specially crafted file, leading to an out-of-bounds write. The root cause is a programming error where the length `len` is used as an index for memory writes, even if it is a negative number or has overflowed. This vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution.

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