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CVE-2008-1420

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1420 is an integer overflow vulnerability in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier, affecting products like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file, leading to a heap overflow. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0632 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: libvorbis-0:1.0rc2-9.el2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: libvorbis-1:1.0-10.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: libvorbis-1:1.1.0-3.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libvorbis-1:1.1.2-3.el5_1.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1420Important

vorbis: integer overflow in partvals computation

May 14, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/30234
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30237
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30247
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30259
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30479
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30581
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30820
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32946
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/36463
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42402
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9500
usn.ubuntu.com / 825-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html
Mailing List
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html
Mailing List
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html
Mailing List
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1591
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html
Not Applicable
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html
Not Applicable
securityfocus.com / bid/29206
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-682-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1510/references
Broken Link