CVE-2008-5245
highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.017 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
xine-lib before 1.1.15 performs V4L video frame preallocation before ascertaining the required length, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a buffer overflow in the open_video_capture_device function in src/input/input_v4l.c.
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affected products (37)
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references (16)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31502enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020703enisa_euvd
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30698enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2382enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44470enisa_euvd
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