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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-1686 · published 8 April 2008

CVE-2008-1686: Xine-lib vulnerability

Xine · Xine Lib

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.5% · top 6.5% CWE-189 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
6.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
116References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.kfish.org/2008/04/release-libfishsound-091.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/speex-dev/2008-April/006636.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29672 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29727 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29835 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29845 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29854 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29866 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29878 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29880 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29881 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29882 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29898 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30104 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30117 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30119 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30337
http://secunia.com/advisories/30353 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30358 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-17.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.460836
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=592185&group_id=9655
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1584 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1585 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1586
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:092
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:093
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:094
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:124
http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/news.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-004.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-2.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0235.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491009/100/0/threaded

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-1686), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.