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.
Weakness
The product writes to a buffer using an index or pointer that references a memory location prior to the beginning of the buffer.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vorbis-tools | Ubuntu | questing | * |
Potential Mitigations
References
- https://github.com/xiph/vorbis-tools/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.3.tar.gz
- https://github.com/xiph/vorbis-tools/blob/0b3fbf42eb3897d32f4a75baa2dc915a4ca45e8e/ogg123/remote.c#L153
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/work_items/2332
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34253
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2477925
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/work_items/2332
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-34253.json