CVE-2008-5239 | BDVDB-2026-33581 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33544
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44651
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00555.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.