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TI-2008-01931 Aliases CVE-2008-2009GHSA-m3p3-975g-rc2v

Xiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees…

Priority LOW 26Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03512 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 beta4VulnerableXiph.org
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 rc1VulnerableXiph.org
cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 rc2VulnerableXiph.org
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*8.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.10VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 beta4 Vulnerable ·Xiph.org
  • cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·Xiph.org
  • cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Xiph.org
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 8.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2008:0271 Released 2008-05-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    libvorbis security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2, libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2.i386, libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2.ia64 +2
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2, libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2.i386, libvorbis-devel-1.0rc2-9.el2.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2, libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2.i386, libvorbis-devel-1.0rc2-9.el2.i386
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2, libvorbis-1.0rc2-9.el2.ia64, libvorbis-devel-1.0rc2-9.el2.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2008:0271
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2008:0271
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2008:0271
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2008:0271

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-2009
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m3p3-975g-rc2v

References

Advisory 4

Sources

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