CVE-2008-2009 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xiph.org libvorbis versions prior to 1.0, affecting products like Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash a system by providing a specially crafted OGG file that triggers memory corruption during Huffman tree decoding. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring no authentication. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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