First published: Tue Aug 04 2009(Updated: )
An insufficient input validation flaw was found in the way libvorbis used to process codec file headers (static mode headers and encoding books) for the Ogg Vorbis audio file format (Ogg). A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted Ogg file, which would lead to denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or, potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application using the libvorbis library, when opened by the victim. References: ----------- <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500254">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=500254</a> <a href="http://bugs.gentoo.org/280393">http://bugs.gentoo.org/280393</a> <a href="http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-2663">http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-2663</a> Reproducer: ----------- <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=384979">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=384979</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Mozilla Firefox | <=3.5.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.6.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.7.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9-rc | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.9_rc | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.10 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =0.10.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0-preview_release | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.0.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.4.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5-beta1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5-beta2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.9 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.10 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.11 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.0.12 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.5.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =1.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0-beta_1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0-beta1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0-rc2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0-rc3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.9 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.10 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.11 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.12 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.13 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.14 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.15 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.16 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.17 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.18 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.19 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.20 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0.0.21 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_.9 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_.10 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =2.0_8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.1 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.2 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.3 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.4 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.5 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.6 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.7 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.8 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.9 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.10 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.11 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.0.12 | |
Mozilla Firefox | =3.5 |
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CVE-2009-2663 has a severity rating that typically falls within the medium range due to its potential to cause denial of service.
To remediate CVE-2009-2663, update affected versions of the Mozilla Firefox browser to the latest patched release.
CVE-2009-2663 is an insufficient input validation vulnerability in the libvorbis codec handling Ogg Vorbis audio files.
Yes, CVE-2009-2663 can be exploited remotely by an attacker through specially crafted Ogg files.
CVE-2009-2663 affects multiple versions of Mozilla Firefox up to and including 3.5.1.