CVE-2023-43361 (GCVE-0-2023-43361)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-02 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 22:04
VLAI
Summary
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Vorbis-tools v.1.4.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code and cause a denial of service during the conversion of wav files to ogg files.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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