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Oracle Linux: CVE-2020-22219: ELSA-2023-5046: flac security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 22, 2023
Added
Sep 13, 2023
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in function bitwriter_grow_ in flac before 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder.
A flaw was found in the libeconf library. This issue occurs due to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the bitwriter_grow_ function in FLAC that allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code via crafted input to the encoder.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-flacoracle-linux-upgrade-flac-develoracle-linux-upgrade-flac-libs
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