CVE-2026-34253
Publication date 15 May 2026
Last updated 22 May 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| vorbis-tools | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Needs evaluation
|
| 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
8.2 · High
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34253
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/work_items/2332
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/merge_requests/27
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/commit/4bb4fb33b25949178179f689db9afb477abeb572
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/commit/cfc497a442f51fb4885e132deaf2e0ba067bd280
- 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