CVE-2008-5236

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5236
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-26 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) a crafted EBML element length processed by the parse_block_group function in demux_matroska.c; (2) a certain combination of sps, w, and h values processed by the real_parse_audio_specific_data and demux_real_send_chunk functions in demux_real.c; and (3) an unspecified combination of three values processed by the open_ra_file function in demux_realaudio.c. NOTE: vector 2 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix in 1.1.15.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xine Xine 0.9.13 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta1 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta10 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta11 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta12 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta2 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta3 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta4 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta5 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta6 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta7 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta8 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 beta9 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc0a All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc1 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc2 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc3 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc3a All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc3b All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc3c All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc4 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc4a All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc5 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc6a All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc7 All All
Application Xine Xine 1 rc8 All All
Application Xine Xine 1.0 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.0.1 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.0.2 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.0.3a All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.0 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.1 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.10.1 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.11 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.11.1 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.2 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.3 All All All
Application Xine Xine 1.1.4 All All All
Application Xine Xine All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
xine-lib Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xine-lib-1.1.16-1.fc9.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/47744 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
multiple heap overflows in xine-lib - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xine-lib-1.1.15-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
xine-lib Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:020 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: xine-lib-1.1.15-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
xine-lib 1.1.15 and Prior Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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