CVE-2008-5237
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.056 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Multiple 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.
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affected products (16)
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references (24)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31827enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33544enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020enisa_euvd
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797enisa_euvd
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