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CVE-2008-5242

Date: November 25, 2008

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44657
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5242
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648
http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5242

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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