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CVE-2014-9028

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9028 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the stream_decoder.c component of libFLAC versions prior to 1.3.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to process a specially crafted .flac audio file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:flac:libflac:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0985 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: flac-0:1.2.1-7.el6_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: flac-0:1.3.0-5.ael7b_1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: flac

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9028Important

flac: Heap buffer write overflow in read_residual_partitioned_rice_

Nov 25, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0499.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00034.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/129261/libFLAC-1.3.0-Stack-Overflow-Heap-Overflow-Code-Execution.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0767.html
git.xiph.org
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3082
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2014-008.html
US Government Resource
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534083/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/71282
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2426-1