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Vulnerability · Published Apr 2, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-5316Nothings stb stb_vorbis.c setup_free allocation of resources

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in stb from Nothings. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was identified in Nothings stb up to 1.22. The impacted element is the function setup_free of the file stb_vorbis.c. The manipulation leads to allocation of resources. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12libstbno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-5316
Debian:13libstbno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-5316
Debian:14libstbno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-5316
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlibstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-5316
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlibstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-5316
Ubuntu:25.10libstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-5316
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlibstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-5316
Ubuntu:26.10libstbno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-5316

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Nothings stb 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.61.7

Weakness: CWE-770, CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

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