CVE-2008-5248
mediumpriority · track · 17EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.21% (68th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
xine-lib before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via "MP3 files with metadata consisting only of separators."
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
4.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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weaknesses
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affected products (38)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
showing 20 of 38
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
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published 2008-11-26modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:298enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32505enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlnvd
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869nvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:298nvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32505nvd
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