CVE-2026-34253A buffer underflow vulnerability has been identified in the ogg123 utility from the vorbis-tools 1.4.3 package in function remotethread in…
- 8.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.56%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 52% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A buffer underflow vulnerability has been identified in the ogg123 utility from the vorbis-tools 1.4.3 package in function remotethread in remote.c. This vulnerability occurs in the remote control functionality when processing malformed input, leading to a stack buffer underflow that can cause application crashes and potentially allow code execution.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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References tagged exploit1 reference
Timeline
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- 50 days later
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Published
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 52% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- https://github.com/xiph/vorbis-tools/blob/0b3fbf42eb3897d32f4a75baa2dc915a4ca45e8e/ogg123/remote.c#L153 (opens in a new tab)
- https://github.com/xiph/vorbis-tools/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.3.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/work_items/2332 (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34253 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2477925 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-34253.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-30545 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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