CVE-2008-0238

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP (1) Title, (2) Author, or (3) Copyright attribute, related to the rmff_dump_header function, different vectors than CVE-2008-0225. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Xine-Lib: through 1.1.9

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205197
http://secunia.com/advisories/28384
http://secunia.com/advisories/28674
http://secunia.com/advisories/28955
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-12.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:020
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205197
http://secunia.com/advisories/28384
http://secunia.com/advisories/28674

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