CVE-2008-5242
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-5242 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-11-26 01:30:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | demux_qt.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not validate the count field before calling calloc for STSD_ATOM atom allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 0.9.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc0a | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc2 | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc3 | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc3a | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc3b | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc3c | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc4 | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc4a | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc5 | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc6a | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc7 | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1 | rc8 | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.0.3a | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.10.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.11.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1.1.9.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | 1_beta9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Xine | Xine-lib | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| [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 | Patch |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.