xine-lib up to 1 Rc5 DVD Subpicture Decoder heap-based overflow
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A vulnerability was found in xine-lib (Multimedia Player Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component DVD Subpicture Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DVD subpicture decoder in xine xine-lib 1-rc5 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) DVD or (2) MPEG subpicture header where the second field reuses RLE data from the end of the first field.
The bug was discovered 09/06/2004. The weakness was released 09/16/2004 by Michael Roitzsch (Website). The advisory is available at xinehq.de. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1379 since 01/19/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 10 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15434 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDKSA-2004:105)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17423) and Tenable (15434).
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 0.9.8
- 1 Beta2
- 1 Beta3
- 1 Beta4
- 1 Beta5
- 1 Beta6
- 1 Beta7
- 1 Beta8
- 1 Beta9
- 1 Beta12
- 1 Rc0
- 1 Rc1
- 1 Rc2
- 1 Rc3
- 1 Rc3a
- 1 Rc3b
- 1 Rc3c
- 1 Rc4
- 1 Rc5
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 15434
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xine-lib (MDKSA-2004:105)
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OpenVAS ID: 53745
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 657-1 (xine-lib)
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Timeline
09/06/2004 🔍09/06/2004 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: xinehq.deResearcher: Michael Roitzsch
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-1379 (🔍)
X-Force: 17423
Vulnerability Center: 7060 - Buffer Overflow in xine-lib and xine via DVD or MPEG File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 11205 - Xine-lib DVD Subpicture Decoder Heap Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 10044 - xine-lib DVD subpicture decoder buffer overflow
Entry
Created: 04/14/2015 13:19Updated: 05/30/2019 05:52
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:19 (72), 05/30/2019 05:52 (7)
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