[vorbis-dev] Will Vorbis happily decode packets with random data?

[Jack Moffitt]

> So, it's not the output of the vorbis decoder I'm worried about; it's
> storing the vorbis file on the hard drive, if it's not really a vorbis
> file at all.

Then this is a general security risk, and not at all related to Vorbis.
It could be a .wav file, or a .jpg or whatever.  As long as it can be
transformed into the executable.  A valid vorbis file (ie, has correct
headers) will not be a valid executable.  

jack.

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