CVE-2008-5242

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% 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

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.

Affected products

Xine-Lib: through 1.1.15; 0.9.13, 1-rc0a, 1-rc1, 1-rc2, 1-rc3, 1-rc3a (+42)

References

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

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