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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-1686 Detail

Current 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.


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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.3 HIGH
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

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Hyperlink Resource
http://blog.kfish.org/2008/04/release-libfishsound-091.html
http://blog.kfish.org/2008/04/release-libfishsound-091.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/speex-dev/2008-April/006636.html
http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/speex-dev/2008-April/006636.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29672 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29672 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29727 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29727 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29835 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29835 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29845 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29845 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29854 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29854 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29866 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29866 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29878 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29878 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29880 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29880 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29881 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29881 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29882 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29882 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29898 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29898 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30104 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30104 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30117 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30117 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30119 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30119 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30337
http://secunia.com/advisories/30337
http://secunia.com/advisories/30353 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30353 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30358 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30358 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.460836
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.460836
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185&group_id=9655
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185&group_id=9655
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1584 Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1584 Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1585 Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1585 Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1586
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1586
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:092
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:092
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:093
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:093
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:094
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:094
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:124
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:124
http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/news.html
http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/news.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-004.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-004.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-2.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-2.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28665 Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28665 Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019875
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019875
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1187/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1187/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1228/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1228/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1268/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1268/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1269/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1269/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1300/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1300/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1301/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1301/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1302/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1302/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41684
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41684
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10026
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10026
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00244.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00244.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00287.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00287.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00357.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00357.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.0.3a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (including)
1.1.11.1

Configuration 2 ( hide )
AND
OR
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:1.1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:speex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (including)
1.1.12
OR
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.5.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.5.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s)
 cpe:2.3:a:xiph:libfishsound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (including)
0.9.0

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1686
NVD Published Date:
04/08/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE