CVE-2008-5237

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5237
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 integer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted width and height values that are not validated by the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c before use in an allocation calculation or (2) crafted current_atom_size and string_size values processed by the parse_reference_atom function in demux_qt.c for an RDRF_ATOM string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/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
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xine-lib-1.1.16-1.fc9.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fedora update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[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
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
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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