PT-2019-13187 · Nothinq · Stb Vorbis

Published 2019-08-15 · Updated 2025-01-31 · CVE-2019-13220

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions stb vorbis versions through 2019-03-04

Description The issue is related to the use of uninitialized stack variables in the start decoder function, which can be exploited by opening a crafted Ogg Vorbis file. This can lead to a denial of service or the disclosure of sensitive information.

Recommendations For stb vorbis versions through 2019-03-04, consider updating to a version released after 2019-03-04 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of Ogg Vorbis files from untrusted sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-13220

DLA-3305-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11409-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2025:0039-1

Affected Products

Stb Vorbis

References · 24

• https://github.com/nothings/stb/commits/master/stb_vorbis.c · Patch
• https://github.com/nothings/stb/commit/98fdfc6df88b1e34a736d5e126e6c8139c8de1a6 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13220 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13220 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3305-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2025:0039-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11409-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13220 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13223 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13222 · Note
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00045.html · Note