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CVE-2008-2009

Xiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees, which allows remote attackers to

Xiph.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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.0434
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Affected Products & Versions

2
xiph.org libvorbisall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD16 May 2008 · 12:54 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
usnUSN-861-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0271Important
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/30247Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-861-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/referencesThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444443Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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