VDB
CVE-2008-5242
CVE-2008-5242
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.800000190734863 MEDIUM
demux_qt.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not validate the count field before calling calloc for STSD_ATOM atom allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.
EPSS 3.14% · 87.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.800000190734863
EPSS Score
3.14%
87.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| xine | xine-lib | 0, 0.9.13, 1 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
Timeline
- Nov 26, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 11, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 28, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 20, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt url
- FEDORA-2008-7572 vendor-advisory
- 30797 vdb
- xinelib-demuxqtc-stsdatom-dos(44657) vdb
- 4648 third-party-advisory
- 31827 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 vendor-advisory
- 20080822 [oCERT-2008-008] multiple heap overflows in xine-lib mailing-list
- FEDORA-2008-7512 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5242 advisory