Matroska demuxer 1.1.10 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Matroska demuxer 1.1.10. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes.

The bug was discovered 02/04/2008. The weakness was shared 03/10/2008 with Debian (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1161 since 03/05/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/08/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31721 (Debian DSA-1536-1 : libxine - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.1.10 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 (41172) and Tenable (31721).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 31721
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1536-1 : libxine - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 60658
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1536-1 (xine-lib)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: demuxer 1.1.10

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03/05/2008 +30 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2539 days 🔍
08/08/2019 +1606 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: Debian
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-1161 (🔍)
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X-Force: 41172
Vulnerability Center: 18080 - Xine-lib Matroska Demuxer Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Attacker to Execute Code and Cause DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 28543 - xine-lib Matroska Demuxer Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29323
OSVDB: 43119 - xine-lib - Matroska Demuxer Remote Buffer Overflow Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/08/2019 06:45
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (73), 08/08/2019 06:45 (7)
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