9.3

CVE-2008-1686: xine xine-lib Numeric Errors

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2008:0235DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1686DSA-1584-1
Published 08-04-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-1686 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in xine xine-lib. EPSS estimates a 6.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 9.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.49%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DSA-1586-1DTSA-128-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10829-1

Timeline

  1. 08-04-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.49%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 6.49% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
  • speex< 0:1.0.4-4.el4_6.1 | < 0:1.0.5-4.el5_1.1
  • speex-debuginfo< 0:1.0.4-4.el4_6.1 | < 0:1.0.5-4.el5_1.1
  • speex-devel< 0:1.0.4-4.el4_6.1 | < 0:1.0.5-4.el5_1.1
Debian2 products
  • libfishsound< 0.7.0-2.1+lenny1 | < 0.7.0-2etch1 | < 0.7.0-2.2
  • speex< 1.1.12-3+lenny1 | < 1.1.12-3etch1 | < 1.2~beta2-1
Xiph2 products
  • libfishsound≤ 0.9.0 | 0.5.41 | 0.5.42 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.7.0 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1
  • speex≤ 1.1.12 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.11.1
Opensuse1 product
  • vorbis-tools&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.4.2-1.6
Xine1 product
  • xine-lib≤ 1.1.11.1 | 0.9.8 | 0.9.13 | 0.99 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3a | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.10.1 | 1.1.11

5 vendors · 9 products

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