CVE-2026-116741

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 34.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-27.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-26 21:52Z2 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-26 21:52Z2 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-10-26

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

587d1a0f5646aea46cc5a0b599f4194a519564eb39a3a8ea111d58c77824374d

• github.comGitHub Issue #42https://github.com/xiph/speex/issues/42issue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/xiph/speexproduct
• github.comhttps://github.com/xiph/speex/blob/Speex-1.2.1/libspeex/bits.c#L177technical-description
• hackmd.iohttps://hackmd.io/@haindpwn/speex-bits-read-whole-bytes-oob-writethird-party-advisory
• gitlab.xiph.orghttps://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/speex/-/merge_requests/32patch
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: Speex through 1.2.1 Out-of-Bounds Write via speex_bits_read_whole_byteshttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/speex-through-1.2.1-out-of-bounds-write-via-speex-bits-read-whole-bytesthird-party-advisory