CVE-2008-1686

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1686
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-08 18:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArray index vulnerability in Speex 1.1.12 and earlier, as used in libfishsound 0.9.0 and earlier, including Illiminable DirectShow Filters and Annodex Plugins for Firefox, xine-lib before 1.1.12, and many other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header structure containing a negative offset, which is used to dereference a function pointer.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xine Xine-lib 0.9.13 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 0.9.8 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 0.99 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.0 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.0.1 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.0.2 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.0.3a All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.1.0 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.1.1 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.1.10 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.1.10.1 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.1.11 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib All All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.5.41 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.5.42 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.6.0 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.6.1 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.6.2 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.6.3 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.7.0 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.8.0 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound 0.8.1 All All All
Application Xiph Libfishsound All All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.0.2 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.0.3 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.0.4 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.0.5 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.1 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.10 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.11 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.11.1 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.2 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.3 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.4 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.5 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.6 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.7 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.8 All All All
Application Xiph Speex 1.1.9 All All All
Application Xiph Speex All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
blog.kfish.org: Release: libfishsound 0.9.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.kfish.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: speex-1.2-0.3.beta1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for speex - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
vorbis-tools Speex Header Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for libfishsound - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1585-1 speex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
USN-611-2: vorbis-tools vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
VLC Media Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for libfishsound - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[Speex-dev] libfishsound 0.9.1 Release af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.xiph.org
Debian update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:124 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for speex - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: xine - a free video player: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-611-1: Speex vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
libfishsound Speex Header Processing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for speex - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1584-1 libfishsound af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for vorbis-tools - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for speex - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:092 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Sweep Speex Header Processing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Speex: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:094 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:093 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: libfishsound-0.9.1-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1586-1 xine-lib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-611-3: GStreamer Good Plugins vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
xine-lib Speex Header Processing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: speex-1.2-0.4.beta2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/news.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.metadecks.org
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
USN-635-1: xine-lib vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SDL_sound Speex Header Processing Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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Speex Validation Flaw in Speex Decoder Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
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FishSound Library Remote Speex Decoding Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
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