CVE-2008-5236
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.057 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Multiple 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.
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affected products (16)
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references (38)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31502enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31567enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31827enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33544enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648enisa_euvd
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020enisa_euvd
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