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CVE-2007-5301 (GCVE-0-2007-5301)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-09 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:24
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2007-10-08 00:00
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