CVE-2008-5240

N/A Unknown
Published: November 26, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

Description

xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, relies on an untrusted input value to determine the memory allocation and does not check the result for (1) the MATROSKA_ID_TR_CODECPRIVATE track entry element processed by demux_matroska.c; and (2) PROP_TAG, (3) MDPR_TAG, and (4) CONT_TAG chunks processed by the real_parse_headers function in demux_real.c; which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted value.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/47742
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33544
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/47742
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44653
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.0%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

xine