CVE-2008-1878

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_nsf_send_chunk function in src/demuxers/demux_nsf.c in xine-lib 1.1.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long NSF title.

Affected products

Xine-Lib: through 1.1.12; 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.10.1, 1.1.11 (+1)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29850
http://secunia.com/advisories/30021
http://secunia.com/advisories/30337
http://secunia.com/advisories/30581
http://secunia.com/advisories/31372
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-01.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1586
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:177
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28816

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