01 Record
CVE-2008-5240
xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, relies on an untrusted input value to determine the memory allocation and does not check the result for (1) the MATROSKA_ID_TR_CODECPRIVATE
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, relies on an untrusted input value to determine the memory allocation and does not check the result for (1) the MATROSKA_ID_TR_CODECPRIVATE
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-11-26 01:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5b6fdabbe294a737e2a311d0a0e7ddfc00ba3b73a438a5bb2fcf10380d8fc765
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com30797http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797
- secunia.com33544http://secunia.com/advisories/33544
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
- securityreason.com4648http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648
- secunia.com31827http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7572https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxinelib-demuxmatroska-dos(44653)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44653
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080822 [oCERT-2008-008] multiple heap overflows in xine-libhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded
- www.osvdb.org47742http://www.osvdb.org/47742
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:020http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-0542https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00555.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-7512https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html