CVE-2014-8962

Stack-based buffer overflow in stream_decoder.c in libFLAC before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .flac file.

Published: 2014-11-26 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8962 is rated Moderate Risk (58.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.86%, 95th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8962

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 2026-06-15 14.65% 9.86% -4.79%
2 2025-12-01 20.66% 14.65% -6.01%
3 2025-04-19 — 20.66% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8962

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8962

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8962

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8962 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (flac), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8962
gentoo normal CVE-2014-8962: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-40), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/flac); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-8962
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8962
suse high CVE-2014-8962 severity important: SUSE including 290 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 393 product×package rows across 63 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (63 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 132, Known Not Affected 30. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8962/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8962 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (flac), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8962

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8962

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flac libflac <= 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8962

URL Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0499.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00034.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129261/libFLAC-1.3.0-Stack-Overflow-Heap-Overflow-Code-Execution.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0767.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3082
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:239
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:188
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-008.html US Government Resource
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534083/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71280
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2426-1
https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5b3033a2b355068c11fe637e14ac742d273f076e
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