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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5237 · published 26 November 2008

CVE-2008-5237: Xine vulnerability

Xine · Xine

Multiple integer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted width and height values that are not validated by the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c before use in an allocation calculation or (2) crafted current_atom_size and string_size values processed by the parse_reference_atom function in demux_qt.c for an RDRF_ATOM string.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.6% · top 7.4% CWE-189 · CWE-189
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
5.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple integer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted width and height values that are not validated by the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c before use in an allocation calculation or (2) crafted current_atom_size and string_size values processed by the parse_reference_atom function in demux_qt.c for an RDRF_ATOM string.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
http://secunia.com/advisories/33544
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020
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/44652
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00555.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31827
http://secunia.com/advisories/33544
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020
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/44652
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00555.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5237), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.