{"id":"ALSA-2023:5048","summary":"Important: flac security update","details":"FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. FLAC is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, and a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* flac: Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the bitwriter_grow_ function, by supplying crafted input to the encoder (CVE-2020-22219)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:15:09.703599Z","published":"2023-09-11T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2020-22219"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5048"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-22219"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2235489"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-5048.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"flac","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/flac"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.3-10.el9_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5048.json"}},{"package":{"name":"flac-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/flac-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.3-10.el9_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5048.json"}},{"package":{"name":"flac-libs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/flac-libs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.3-10.el9_2.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:5048.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}