stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may trigger memory allocation failure in `start_decoder`. In that case the function returns early, but some of the pointers in `f->comment_list` are left initialized and later `setup_free` is called on these pointers in `vorbis_deinit`. This issue may lead to code execution.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - stb_vorbis is a single file MIT licensed library for processing ogg vorbis files. A crafted file may     trigger memory allocation failure in `start_decoder`. In that case the function returns early, but some of     the pointers in `f->comment_list` are left initialized and later `setup_free` is called on these pointers     in `vorbis_deinit`. This issue may lead to code execution. (CVE-2023-45679)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2025:0037-1 advisory.

    - Update to release 2.0.4:
      * Update bundled stb_vorbis to address CVE-2023-45676,         CVE-2023-45677, CVE-2023-45679, CVE-2023-45680,         CVE-2023-45681, CVE-2023-45682.

    - Update to release 2.0.2
      * No further changes from the last snapshot 2.0.1+g60

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-82714dbb22 advisory.

    Latest stable release from upstream. Changelog: https://github.com/icculus/SDL_sound/releases/tag/v2.0.4 .
    NOTE: dr_libs are unbundled.

    Fixes:
    CVE-2023-45676: Multi-byte write heap buffer overflow in start_decoder()     CVE-2023-45677: Heap buffer out of bounds write in start_decoder()     CVE-2023-45679: Attempt to free an uninitialized memory pointer in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45680: Null pointer dereference in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45679: Attempt to free an uninitialized memory pointer in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45680: Null pointer dereference in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45682: Wild address read in vorbis_decode_packet_rest()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-5ef10f8485 advisory.

    Latest stable release from upstream. Changelog: https://github.com/icculus/SDL_sound/releases/tag/v2.0.4 .
    NOTE: dr_libs are unbundled.

    Fixes:
    CVE-2023-45676: Multi-byte write heap buffer overflow in start_decoder()     CVE-2023-45677: Heap buffer out of bounds write in start_decoder()     CVE-2023-45679: Attempt to free an uninitialized memory pointer in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45680: Null pointer dereference in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45679: Attempt to free an uninitialized memory pointer in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45680: Null pointer dereference in vorbis_deinit()     CVE-2023-45682: Wild address read in vorbis_decode_packet_rest()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-c58133e520 advisory.

    Latest upstream release. Changelog:

    Fixes:

    * CVE-2023-45679: Attempt to free an uninitialized memory pointer in vorbis_deinit()
    * CVE-2023-45680: Null pointer dereference in vorbis_deinit()
    * CVE-2023-45681: Out of bounds heap buffer write
    * CVE-2023-45676: Multi-byte write heap buffer overflow in start_decoder()
    * CVE-2023-45677: Heap buffer out of bounds write in start_decoder()
    * CVE-2023-45682: Wild address read in vorbis_decode_packet_rest()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-23e4aeeb91 advisory.

    Latest upstream release. Changelog:

    Fixes:

    * CVE-2023-45679: Attempt to free an uninitialized memory pointer in vorbis_deinit()
    * CVE-2023-45680: Null pointer dereference in vorbis_deinit()
    * CVE-2023-45681: Out of bounds heap buffer write
    * CVE-2023-45676: Multi-byte write heap buffer overflow in start_decoder()
    * CVE-2023-45677: Heap buffer out of bounds write in start_decoder()
    * CVE-2023-45682: Wild address read in vorbis_decode_packet_rest()

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
232129	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-45679	Nessus	Misc.	high
214887	openSUSE 15 Security Update : SDL2_sound (openSUSE-SU-2025:0037-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
214516	Fedora 41 : SDL2_sound (2025-82714dbb22)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
214514	Fedora 40 : SDL2_sound (2025-5ef10f8485)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
213982	Fedora 40 : libxmp (2025-c58133e520)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
213981	Fedora 41 : libxmp (2025-23e4aeeb91)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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