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ELSA-2008-0235 Important: Enterprise Linux speex security update

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ELSA-2008-0235 Important: Enterprise Linux speex security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/08/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
07/04/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-speex
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-speex-devel

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