CVE-2014-9028

Heap-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: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9028 is rated High Risk (68.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.74%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +5.08% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9028

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 2025-04-19 20.66% 25.74% +5.08%
2 2025-04-05 14.65% 20.66% +6.01%
3 2025-03-30 14.65%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9028

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-2014-9028

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9028

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9028 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-2014-9028
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9028
suse high CVE-2014-9028 severity important: SUSE including 287 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, …), 363 product×package rows across 50 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Liberty Linux 7 LTSS, … (50 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 132. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9028/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9028 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (android, flac), 12 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily): released 7, DNE 2, ignored 2, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9028

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

References for CVE-2014-9028

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/71282
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2426-1
https://git.xiph.org/?p=flac.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fcf0ba06ae12ccd7c67cee3c8d948df15f946b85
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