RHSA-2022:7979 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: speex security update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 15, 2022
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for speex is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Speex is a patent-free compression format designed especially for speech. It is specialized for voice communications at low bit-rates.
Security Fix(es):
- speex: divide by zero in read_samples() via crafted WAV file (CVE-2020-23903)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.