StackPatch is liveSee product

Back to CVE digest
CVE-2008-2009 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2008-2009: Xiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OGG file that triggers memory corruption during execution of the _make_decode_tree function.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2008-2009 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • libvorbis→ fixed in1.2.0.dfsg-4urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvorbis
  • libvorbisidec→ fixed in1.0.2+svn18153-0.1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvorbisidec

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • libvorbis→ fixed in1.2.0.dfsg-4urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvorbis
  • libvorbisidec→ fixed in1.0.2+svn18153-0.1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvorbisidec

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

  • libvorbis→ fixed in1.2.0.dfsg-4urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvorbis
  • libvorbisidec→ fixed in1.0.2+svn18153-0.1urgency: not yet assigned
    sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libvorbisidec
Are YOU affected by CVE-2008-2009?

5-second check on your actual server. Reads /etc/os-release, uname -r, and the distro's package manager; matches against this same cross-source index live.

curl https://mindsparkstack.com/scan.sh | bash
Continuous monitoring beats manual checking

CVE-2008-2009dropped silently in your distro's update channel. Every new CVE is the same story. StackPatch runs the matcher hourly against all 5 sources and emails the exact remediation when something new applies to one of your servers. $99 lifetime, 50 founder seats, 30-day refund.

See StackPatch ($99 lifetime)