CVE-2008-1686

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    CVE-2008-1686

    Published: 8 Apr 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Array 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29672, http://secunia.com/advisories/29727, http://secunia.com/advisories/29835, http://secunia.com/advisories/29845, http://secunia.com/advisories/29854, http://secunia.com/advisories/29866, http://secunia.com/advisories/29878, http://secunia.com/advisories/29880, http://secunia.com/advisories/29881, http://secunia.com/advisories/29882, http://secunia.com/advisories/29898, http://secunia.com/advisories/30104, http://secunia.com/advisories/30117, http://secunia.com/advisories/30119, http://secunia.com/advisories/30337, http://secunia.com/advisories/30353, http://secunia.com/advisories/30358, http://secunia.com/advisories/30581, http://secunia.com/advisories/30717, http://secunia.com/advisories/31393, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1586, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:092, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:093, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:094, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:124, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-004.html, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-2.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-3, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1187/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1228/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1268/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1269/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1300/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1301/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1302/references, http://blog.kfish.org/2008/04/release-libfishsound-091.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1584, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1585, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28665, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html, http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/speex-dev/2008-April/006636.html, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.460836, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185&group_id=9655, http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/news.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491009/100/0/threaded, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019875, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41684, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10026, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00244.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00287.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00357.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    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