vorbis: insufficient validation of Huffman tree causing memory corruption in _make_decode_tree()
Published May 16, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.51%
Description
Xiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OGG file that triggers memory corruption during execution of the _make_decode_tree function.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 8.04
- 8.10
- 9.04
- 9.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
libvorbis-0:1.0rc2-9.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0271
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | libvorbis-0:1.0rc2-9.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0271 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.51% (0.03512) | 88.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.51% (0.03512) | 87.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.34% (0.04340) | 88.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.87% (0.02868) | 91.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 3.30% (0.03304) | 91.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.06% (0.03061) | 89.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 89.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 73.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 88.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.97% (0.04967) | 74.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30247 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-861-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2009 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444443 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42521 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2009
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2009
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30247 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-861-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2009 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444443 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42521 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2009 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2009 |
Change history (0)
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