CVE-2007-5301
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 10.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5281)
- Published
- October 9, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5281 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- alsaplayer / alsaplayer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27117(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29680
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=742584
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=544663&group_id=249
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1538
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490671/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25969
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3393
- http://www.wekk.net/research/CVE-2007-5301/CVE-2007-5301-exploit.sh
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36996
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5424
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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