CVE-2023-45680: nothings stb NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-45680 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in nothings stb. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 20-10-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-09-2024Last 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, the `f->comment_list` is set to `NULL`, but `f->comment_list_length` is not reset. Later in `vorbis_deinit` it tries to dereference the `NULL` pointer. This issue may lead to denial of service.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.53%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.53% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Nothings2 products
- stb≤ 1.22
- stb_vorbis.c1.22
Debian1 product
- libstbAll versions (No fix recorded)
Ubuntu1 product
- libstbAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 4 products
References
7 links- securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-145_GHSL-2023-151_stb_image_h/X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTThird Party Advisory
- github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_vorbis.cX Refsource MISCREPORTThird Party Advisory
- github.com/nothings/stb/blob/5736b15f7ea0ffb08dd38af21067c314d6a3aae9/stb_vorbis.cX Refsource MISCREPORTThird Party Advisory