CVE-2008-1423

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    CVE-2008-1423

    Published: 16 May 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in a certain quantvals and quantlist calculation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file with a large virtual space for its codebook, which triggers a heap overflow.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/30234, http://secunia.com/advisories/30237, http://secunia.com/advisories/30247, http://secunia.com/advisories/30259, http://secunia.com/advisories/30479, http://secunia.com/advisories/30581, http://secunia.com/advisories/30820, http://secunia.com/advisories/32946, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29206, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/30234, http://secunia.com/advisories/30237, http://secunia.com/advisories/30247, http://secunia.com/advisories/30259, http://secunia.com/advisories/30479, http://secunia.com/advisories/30581, http://secunia.com/advisories/30820, http://secunia.com/advisories/32946, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440709, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42403, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9851

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High