# CVE-2008-1423: Integer overflow in a certain quantvals and quantlist calculation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-05-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/30234
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440709
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42403
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30237
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30479
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30259
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30820
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32946
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9851
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30581

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