7.8

CVE-2023-45679: nothings stb Double Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2023-45679DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45679
Published 20-10-2023Last modified 12-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-45679 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in nothings stb. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.52%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2026-0191OPENSUSE-SU-2025:0037-1

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger memory allocation failure in `start_decoder`. In that case the function returns early, but some of the pointers in `f->comment_list` are left initialized and later `setup_free` is called on these pointers in `vorbis_deinit`. This issue may lead to code execution.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

43%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.52% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Nothings2 products
Debian1 product
  • libstbAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
  • libstbAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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