Is CVE-2008-1420 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1420 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1420?

CVE-2008-1420 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-1420

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in residue partition value (aka partvals) evaluation in Xiph.org libvorbis 1.2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OGG file, which triggers a heap overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 6.3% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1424)
Published: May 16, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1424 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / linux advanced workstation
xiph.org / libvorbis
xiph.org / libvorbis
xiph.org / libvorbis
xiph.org / libvorbis
xiph.org / libvorbis
xiph.org / libvorbis

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30234(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30237(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30247(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30259(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30479(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30820(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32946(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36463(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-09.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1591(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:102(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0270.html(Not Applicable)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html(Not Applicable)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29206
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-682-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440706(Issue Tracking)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42402
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9500
https://usn.ubuntu.com/825-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00243.html(Mailing List)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00247.html(Mailing List)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00256.html(Mailing List)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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