CVE-2008-5235

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the demux_real_send_chunk function in src/demuxers/demux_real.c in xine-lib before 1.1.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Real Media file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Xine: through 1.1.4; 0.9.13, 1-beta1, 1-beta10, 1-beta11, 1-beta12, 1-beta2 (+31)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31502
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020703
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30698
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2382
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31502
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020703
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30698
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2382

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