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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-23904

A stack buffer overflow in speexenc.c of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.72%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A stack buffer overflow in speexenc.c of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. NOTE: the vendor states "I cannot reproduce it" and it "is a demo program.

CVSS 3.1
5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.72% probability · 52th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
xiph/speex
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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