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CVE-2014-8962

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-11-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .flac file.

Affected products

• FLAC Libflac: through 1.3.0

References

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0499.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00034.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129261/libFLAC-1.3.0-Stack-Overflow-Heap-Overflow-Code-Execution.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0767.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3082
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:239
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:188
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-008.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534083/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71280
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2426-1

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