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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-5301 · published 9 October 2007

CVE-2007-5301: Alsaplayer memory buffer overflow vulnerability

AAlsaplayer · Alsaplayer

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.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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
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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-5301), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.