High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89266
stb_vorbis through 1.22 heap buffer overflow via codebook multiplicands
8.2
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
stb_vorbis through 1.22 contains a heap buffer overflow in start_decoder() where the codebook multiplicands allocation size is truncated from size_t to int. Attackers can craft a malicious Ogg Vorbis file with large entries and dimensions values to trigger out-of-bounds writes, causing process crashes or heap corruption.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ST
stb_vorbis · nothings
through 1.22 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89266
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89266
github.com
https://github.com/nothings/stb
github.com
https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/2c980bb59875b0d32144a71867fbdebb2f77cd20/stb_vorbis.c#L3878-L3880
github.com
https://github.com/nothings/stb/blob/2c980bb59875b0d32144a71867fbdebb2f77cd20/stb_vorbis.c#L950
github.com
https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1928
github.com
https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1933
github.com
https://github.com/nothings/stb/issues/1947
