CVE-2008-5248

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5248
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-26 01:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionxine-lib before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via "MP3 files with metadata consisting only of separators."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:298 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
xine-lib MP3 Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability 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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