CVE-2014-9639

Exp

Integer overflow in oggenc in vorbis-tools 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted number of channels in a WAV file, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

Published: 2015-01-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9639 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.57%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9639

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9639

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 1.17% 3.57% +2.41%
2 2026-04-21 1.36% 1.17% -0.19%
3 2025-04-12 — 1.36% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9639

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9639

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9639

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-9639 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (opus-tools, vorbis-tools), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9639
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9639
ubuntu low CVE-2014-9639 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vorbis-tools), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 7, ignored 5, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9639

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-9639

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html">CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9639

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xiph vorbis-tools 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:vorbis-tools:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 20 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9639

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