Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 26, 2026
CVE-2026-116741
CVE-2026-116741
Description
Speex (libspeex) through 1.2.1 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in speex_bits_read_whole_bytes() in libspeex/bits.c that mishandles length truncation for non-owned SpeexBits buffers. Attackers can stream crafted Speex data into buffers set up with speex_bits_init_buffer() or speex_bits_set_bit_buffer() to corrupt heap or stack memory and crash applications.
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References
5- github.com/xiph/speex/blob/Speex-1.2.1/libspeex/bits.cnvd
- github.com/xiph/speex/issues/42nvd
- gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/speex/-/merge_requests/32nvd
- hackmd.io/@haindpwn/speex-bits-read-whole-bytes-oob-writenvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/speex-through-1.2.1-out-of-bounds-write-via-speex-bits-read-whole-bytesnvd
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