CVE-2008-1420

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1420
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-16 12:54:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in residue partition value (aka partvals) evaluation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file, which triggers a heap overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All client All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All client_workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0.0 All All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0.1 All All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.1.0 All All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.1.1 All All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.12 All All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for libvorbis - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for libvorbis - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable
USN-682-1: libvorbis vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
libvorbis Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: libvorbis-1.1.2-4.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
USN-825-1: libvorbis vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
libvorbis: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for libvorbis - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: libvorbis-1.2.0-4.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Gentoo update for libvorbis - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1591-1 libvorbis af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: libvorbis-1.2.0-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Mailing List
Debian update for libvorbis - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
libvorbis Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 440706 – CVE-2008-1420 vorbis: integer overflow in partvals computation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Red Hat update for libvorbis - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Not Applicable
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
libvorbis Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for libvorbis - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:102 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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