CVE-2008-2009
N/A
Published: May 16, 2008 at 06:54 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLibvorbis
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-861-1VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/referencesx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444443VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42521Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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