CVE-2008-5233

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

xine-lib 1.1.12, and other versions before 1.1.15, does not check for failure of malloc in circumstances including (1) the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c, (2) the open_mod_file function in demux_mod.c, and (3) frame_buffer allocation in the real_parse_audio_specific_data function in demux_real.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

Affected products

Xine-Lib: through 1.1.14; 0.9.13, 1-rc0a, 1-rc1, 1-rc2, 1-rc3, 1-rc3a (+41)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020703
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/47747
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44639
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44648

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