CVE-2008-5247: Medium severity xine vulnerability

Published Nov 26, 2008
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Updated

The realparseaudiospecificdata function in demuxreal.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, uses an untrusted height (aka codecdatalength) value as a divisor, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero value.

Affected Software

49 affected components
xine Xine-lib=1.1.10
xine Xine-lib=1-rc3a
xine Xine-lib=1.1.10.1
xine Xine-lib=1.1.9.1
xine Xine-lib=1_beta7
xine Xine-lib=1.1.11
xine Xine-lib=1-rc3
xine Xine-lib=1_beta9
xine Xine-lib=1.1.0
xine Xine-lib=1.1.7
xine Xine-lib=1-rc3b
xine Xine-lib=1-rc5
xine Xine-lib=1.1.2
xine Xine-lib=1_beta4
xine Xine-lib<=1.1.15
xine Xine-lib=1.1.9
xine Xine-lib=1.0.3a
xine Xine-lib=1-rc4a
xine Xine-lib=1.1.12
xine Xine-lib=1.0.1
xine Xine-lib=1-rc8
xine Xine-lib=1.1.13
xine Xine-lib=1.1.11.1
xine Xine-lib=1-rc2
xine Xine-lib=1.0.2
xine Xine-lib=1.1.8
xine Xine-lib=1_beta2
xine Xine-lib=1-rc7
xine Xine-lib=1_beta5
xine Xine-lib=1_beta11
xine Xine-lib=1-rc1
xine Xine-lib=1.1.3
xine Xine-lib=1.1.4
xine Xine-lib=1.1.5
xine Xine-lib=0.9.13
xine Xine-lib=1.0
xine Xine-lib=1-rc3c
xine Xine-lib=1_beta6
xine Xine-lib=1.1.14
xine Xine-lib=1-rc4
xine Xine-lib=1_beta1
xine Xine-lib=1.1.6
xine Xine-lib=1_beta12
xine Xine-lib=1.1.1
xine Xine-lib=1_beta10
xine Xine-lib=1_beta8
xine Xine-lib=1-rc0a
xine Xine-lib=1-rc6a
xine Xine-lib=1_beta3

Event History

Nov 26, 2008
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:00 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:00 AM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5247?

CVE-2008-5247 has a severity level that can lead to a denial of service due to a divide-by-zero error.

2

How do I fix CVE-2008-5247?

To fix CVE-2008-5247, upgrade to xine-lib version 1.1.15 or later, where the issue has been addressed.

3

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5247?

CVE-2008-5247 affects xine-lib versions up to and including 1.1.14.

4

What is the exploitability of CVE-2008-5247?

CVE-2008-5247 can be exploited remotely to crash the application, leading to a denial of service.

5

What component is vulnerable in CVE-2008-5247?

The vulnerability in CVE-2008-5247 is found in the real_parse_audio_specific_data function in demux_real.c.

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