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Ubuntu: USN-5280-1 (CVE-2020-23903): Speex vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5280-1 (CVE-2020-23903): Speex vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/10/2021
Created
03/30/2022
Added
02/11/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

A Divide by Zero vulnerability in the function static int read_samples of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-speex

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