Explain CVE-2008-1686
Array index vulnerability in Speex 1.1.12 and earlier, as used in libfishsound 0.9.0 and earlier, including Illiminable DirectShow Filters and Annodex Plugins for Firefox, xine-lib before 1.1.12, and many other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a header structure containing a negative offset, which is used to dereference a function pointer.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'USN-611-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-1'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185'}, {'name': '20080417 [oCERT-2008-004] multiple speex implementations insufficientboundary checks', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491009/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1302', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1302/references'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:124', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:124'}, {'name': '1019875', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019875'}, {'name': '29878', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29878'}, {'name': '29898', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29898'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-3103', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00287.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1269', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1269/references'}, {'name': '29866', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29866'}, {'name': 'DSA-1586', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1586'}, {'name': '30117', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30117'}, {'name': '[Speex-dev] 20080406 libfishsound 0.9.1 Release', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/speex-dev/2008-April/006636.html'}, {'name': '30104', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30104'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1300', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1300/references'}, {'name': '29727', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29727'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1301', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1301/references'}, {'name': 'USN-611-3', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-3'}, {'name': '29672', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29672'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2008:012', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-1585', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1585'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:092', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:092'}, {'name': '30353', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30353'}, {'name': 'fishsound-libfishsound-speex-bo(41684)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41684'}, {'name': '29835', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29835'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185&group_id=9655'}, {'name': '29880', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29880'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://blog.kfish.org/2008/04/release-libfishsound-091.html'}, {'name': '31393', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/31393'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10026', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10026'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-2.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1228', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1228/references'}, {'name': 'DSA-1584', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1584'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-004.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1268', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1268/references'}, {'name': '29845', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29845'}, {'name': 'USN-611-2', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-611-2'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0235', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html'}, {'name': '30358', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30358'}, {'name': '29854', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29854'}, {'name': 'SSA:2008-111-01', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SLACKWARE'], 'url': 'http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.460836'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1187', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1187/references'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:094', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:094'}, {'name': '29881', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29881'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:093', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:093'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200804-17', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml'}, {'name': '30119', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30119'}, {'name': '28665', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28665'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/news.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-3191', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00357.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-3059', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00244.html'}, {'name': '29882', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29882'}, {'name': 'USN-635-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1'}, {'name': '30337', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30337'}, {'name': '30581', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30581'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2008:013', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html'}, {'name': '30717', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30717'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED