CVE-2007-5301

Exp

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.

Published: 2007-10-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5301 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 44.22%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-5301

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
5424 exploit_db edb 2008-04-10 Exploit-DB ↗
30648 exploit_db edb 2007-10-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5301

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 43.35% 44.22% +0.87%
2 2025-12-24 41.93% 43.35% +1.42%
3 2025-07-28 — 41.93% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5301

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5301

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5301

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-5301 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (alsaplayer), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5301
ubuntu low CVE-2007-5301 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (alsaplayer), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5301

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5301

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alsaplayer alsaplayer <= 0.99.80-rc2 cpe:2.3:a:alsaplayer:alsaplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5301

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