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CVE-2008-5240

Publication date 26 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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 track entry element processed by demux_matroska.c; and (2) PROP_TAG, (3) MDPR_TAG, and (4) CONT_TAG chunks processed by the real_parse_headers function in demux_real.c; which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted value.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xine-lib 8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.1.7-1ubuntu1.4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.10

Notes

mdeslaur

the demux_matroska.c part is fixed by patch in CVE-2008-5236