Explain 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 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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '30234', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30234'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0270', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440709'}, {'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-1591', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-3910', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-3898', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0271', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html'}, {'name': '1020029', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029'}, {'name': 'libvorbis-quantvals-quantlist-bo(42403)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42403'}, {'name': 'USN-682-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1'}, {'name': '30237', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30237'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200806-09', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml'}, {'name': '30479', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30479'}, {'name': '29206', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29206'}, {'name': '30259', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30259'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-1510', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references'}, {'name': '30247', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30247'}, {'name': '30820', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30820'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-3934', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:102', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102'}, {'name': '32946', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/32946'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9851', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9851'}, {'name': '30581', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/30581'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED