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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-2009

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…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 3.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
3.51% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
xiph.org/libvorbis · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

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