# CVE-2026-34253: A buffer underflow vulnerability has been identified in the ogg123 utility from the vorbis-tools 1.4.3 package in function remotethread in r

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-15 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A buffer underflow vulnerability has been identified in the ogg123 utility from the vorbis-tools 1.4.3 package in function remotethread in remote.c. This vulnerability occurs in the remote control functionality when processing malformed input, leading to a stack buffer underflow that can cause application crashes and potentially allow code execution.

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## References

- https://github.com/xiph/vorbis-tools/blob/0b3fbf42eb3897d32f4a75baa2dc915a4ca45e8e/ogg123/remote.c#L153
- https://github.com/xiph/vorbis-tools/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.3.tar.gz
- https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/vorbis-tools/-/work_items/2332

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