CVE-2008-2009

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2009
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-16 12:54:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-29 00:57:00 UTC
DescriptionXiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OGG file that triggers memory corruption during execution of the _make_decode_tree function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0 beta4 All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0 rc2 All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0 beta4 All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Xiph.org Libvorbis 1.0 rc2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libvorbis Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service or Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 444443 – CVE-2008-2009 vorbis: insufficient validation of Huffman tree causing memory corruption in _make_decode_tree() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-861-1: libvorbis vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for libvorbis - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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