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

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.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 16, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.5% · 89th percentile
CWE
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18

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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
xiph.orglibvorbis
canonicalubuntu linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux8.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux8.10
  • canonical ubuntu linux9.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux9.10
  • xiph.org libvorbis1.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12libvorbisbefore 1.2.0.dfsg-41.2.0.dfsg-4
Debian:12libvorbisidecbefore 1.0.2+svn18153-0.11.0.2+svn18153-0.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aslibvorbisbefore 0:1.0rc2-9.el20:1.0rc2-9.el2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aslibvorbis-develbefore 0:1.0rc2-9.el20:1.0rc2-9.el2

Same product

xiph.org: all records

Other 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-2008-1423Integer overflow in a certain quantvals and quantlist calculation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a
    39Monitor
  • 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 ac
    36Monitor
  • 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 exe
    29Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:libvorbis1.2.0.dfsg-4 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
debian:libvorbisidec1.0.2+svn18153-0.1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:libvorbis0:1.0rc2-9.el2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::asPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:libvorbis-devel0:1.0rc2-9.el2 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::asPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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