9.3

CVE-2008-1423: xiph.org libvorbis Numeric Errors

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-1423
Published 16-05-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1423 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in xiph.org libvorbis. EPSS estimates a 8.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.13%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 16-05-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in a certain quantvals and quantlist calculation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file with a large virtual space for its codebook, which triggers a heap overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

8.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.13% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
8.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • libvorbis< 1.2.0.dfsg-3.1
  • libvorbisidec< 1.0.2+svn18153-0.1
Xiph.org1 product
  • libvorbis1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.12 | 1.2.0

2 vendors · 3 products

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