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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0225 · published 10 January 2008

CVE-2008-0225: Xine-lib memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Xine · Xine Lib

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute in an RTSP session, related to the rmff_dump_header function and related to disregarding the max field. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

6.4 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 15% · top 3.4% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.4CVSS 2.0 base score
15%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
40References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute in an RTSP session, related to the rmff_dump_header function and related to disregarding the max field. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/xinermffhof-adv.txt Exploit
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205197
http://secunia.com/advisories/28384 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28489 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28507 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28674 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28955 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-12.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=567872
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1472
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:020
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27198
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0163 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428620
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00592.html
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/xinermffhof-adv.txt Exploit
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205197
http://secunia.com/advisories/28384 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28489 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28507 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28636 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28674 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28955 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-12.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=567872
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1472
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:020
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27198
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0163 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428620
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00592.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0225), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.