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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-1686

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…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 6.49%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
6.49% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-189
Affected
xine/xine-lib · xiph/speex · xiph/libfishsound
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.