{"id":"CVE-2026-116741","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-116741","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:52:47.571Z","title":"Speex (libspeex) through 1.2.1 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in speex_bits_read_whole_bytes() in libspeex/bits.c that mishandles length truncation for non-owned SpeexBits buffers.","description":"Speex (libspeex) through 1.2.1 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in speex_bits_read_whole_bytes() in libspeex/bits.c that mishandles length truncation for non-owned SpeexBits buffers. Attackers can stream crafted Speex data into buffers set up with speex_bits_init_buffer() or speex_bits_set_bit_buffer() to corrupt heap or stack memory and crash applications.","published":"2026-10-26T22:16:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-27T16:03:45.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":[],"epss":null,"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unscored. Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-26T22:16:59.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.3","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-26T22:16:58.530Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/xiph/speex","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xiph/speex/blob/Speex-1.2.1/libspeex/bits.c#L177","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/xiph/speex/issues/42","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/speex/-/merge_requests/32","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/speex-bits-read-whole-bytes-oob-write","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/speex-through-1.2.1-out-of-bounds-write-via-speex-bits-read-whole-bytes","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116741","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}