6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-1420
Xiph.org libvorbis Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Integer overflow in residue partition value (aka partvals) evaluation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file, which triggers a heap overflow.

INFO

Published Date :

May 16, 2008, 12:54 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2018, 9:53 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-1420 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xiph.org libvorbis
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-1420.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30234 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30237 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30247 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30259 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30479 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30820 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32946 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36463 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29206
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references Broken Link
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440706 Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42402
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9500
https://usn.ubuntu.com/825-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html Mailing List
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html Mailing List

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-1420 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-1420 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-825-1 [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/825-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9500 [Broken Link]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9500 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42402 [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42402 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:as:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:es:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:ws:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:as:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:es:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:ws:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:as:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:es:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:ws:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30234 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30234 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30820 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30820 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42402 No Types Assigned http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42402 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30237 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30237 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30247 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30247 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30259 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30259 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30479 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30479 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32946 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32946 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/36463 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/36463 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9500 No Types Assigned http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9500 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-825-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-825-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440706 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440706 Issue Tracking
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:as:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:es:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:ws:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:as:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:es:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3:*:ws:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:as:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:es:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:ws:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30234 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30234 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30820 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30820 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42402 No Types Assigned http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42402 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30237 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30237 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30247 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30247 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30259 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30259 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30479 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30479 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32946 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32946 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/36463 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/36463 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9500 No Types Assigned http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9500 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-825-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-825-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1420 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1420 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.18 }} 1.16%

score

0.91333

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability