Integer overflow in a certain quantvals and quantlist calculation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a
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.
- Published
- May 16, 2008
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 8.1% · 95th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-189
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 37 / 40 · 9.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 8.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| xiph.org | libvorbis | cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis |
| redhat | enterprise linux | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux |
| redhat | linux advanced workstation | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- xiph.org libvorbis1.0.0
- xiph.org libvorbis1.0.1
- xiph.org libvorbis1.1.0
- xiph.org libvorbis1.1.1
- xiph.org libvorbis1.1.2
- xiph.org libvorbis1.2.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libvorbis | before 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1 | 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1 |
| Debian:12 | libvorbisidec | before 1.0.2+svn18153-0.1 | 1.0.2+svn18153-0.1 |
| Debian:4.0 | libvorbis | before 1.1.2.dfsg-1.4 | 1.1.2.dfsg-1.4 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | libvorbis | before 1.3.7-1.6 | 1.3.7-1.6 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | libvorbis | before 0:1.0rc2-9.el2 | 0:1.0rc2-9.el2 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | libvorbis-devel | before 0:1.0rc2-9.el2 | 0:1.0rc2-9.el2 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | libvorbis | before 1:1.0-10.el3 | 1:1.0-10.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | libvorbis-debuginfo | before 1:1.0-10.el3 | 1:1.0-10.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | libvorbis-devel | before 1:1.0-10.el3 | 1:1.0-10.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | libvorbis | before 1:1.1.0-3.el4_6.1 | 1:1.1.0-3.el4_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | libvorbis-debuginfo | before 1:1.1.0-3.el4_6.1 | 1:1.1.0-3.el4_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | libvorbis-devel | before 1:1.1.0-3.el4_6.1 | 1:1.1.0-3.el4_6.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | libvorbis | before 1:1.1.2-3.el5_1.2 | 1:1.1.2-3.el5_1.2 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | libvorbis-debuginfo | before 1:1.1.2-3.el5_1.2 | 1:1.1.2-3.el5_1.2 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | libvorbis-devel | before 1:1.1.2-3.el5_1.2 | 1:1.1.2-3.el5_1.2 |
Same product
xiph.org: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-14632Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows Remote Code Execution upon freeing uninitialized memory in the function vorbis_analysis_headerout() in info.41Plan
- CVE-2018-10392mapping0_forward in mapping0.c in Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.6 does not validate the number of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause 36Monitor
- CVE-2017-14160The bark_noise_hybridmp function in psy.c in Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds ac36Monitor
- CVE-2018-10393bark_noise_hybridmp in psy.c in Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.6 has a stack-based buffer over-read.31Monitor
- CVE-2008-1420Integer overflow in residue partition value (aka partvals) evaluation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to exe29Monitor
- CVE-2017-14633In Xiph.Org libvorbis 1.3.5, an out-of-bounds array read vulnerability exists in the function mapping0_forward() in mapping0.c, which may le27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:libvorbis | 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:libvorbisidec | 1.0.2+svn18153-0.1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:libvorbis | 1.3.7-1.6 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libvorbis | 1:1.0-10.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libvorbis-debuginfo | 1:1.0-10.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libvorbis-devel | 1:1.0-10.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Patch and commit links
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
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Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-189 · Numeric ErrorsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
- secunia.com/advisories/30234
- secunia.com/advisories/30237
- secunia.com/advisories/30247
- secunia.com/advisories/30259
- secunia.com/advisories/30479
- secunia.com/advisories/30581
- secunia.com/advisories/30820
- secunia.com/advisories/32946
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29206
- www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440709
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42403
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.