Buffer overflow in Xine Xine-Lib
CVE-2008-5239
xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not properly handle (a) negative and (b) zero values during unspecified read function calls in input_file.c, input_net.c, input_smb.c, and input_http.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors such as (1) a file or (2) an HTTP response, which triggers consequences such as out-of-bounds reads and heap-based buffer overflows.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.037 (89.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.037 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xine Xine-Lib — versions 0.9.13, 1, 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33544 (third-party-advisory)
- www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4648 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31827 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44651 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)