Medium
Security advisory
A stack buffer overflow in speexenc.c of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. NOTE: the vendor states "I cannot reproduce it" and it "is a demo program.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-23904
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:06 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A stack buffer overflow in speexenc.c of Speex v1.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted WAV file. NOTE: the vendor states "I cannot reproduce it" and it "is a demo program.
osv:CVE-2020-23904
Complete source record
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