Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 16, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-2009
CVE-2008-2009
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
7cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- secunia.com/advisories/30247nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-861-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/referencesnvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42521nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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