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Summary
A vulnerability was found in xine xine-lib 1.1.11. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1482. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in xine xine-lib 1.1.11 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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:
Multiple integer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to trigger heap-based buffer overflows and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted .FLV file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_flv.c; (2) a crafted .MOV file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_qt.c; (3) a crafted .RM file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_real.c; (4) a crafted .MVE file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_wc3movie.c; (5) a crafted .MKV file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/ebml.c; or (6) a crafted .CAK file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_film.c.
The weakness was shared 03/24/2008 by Luigi Auriemma as Bug 438663 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1482 since 03/24/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31815 (Fedora 8 : xine-lib-1.1.11.1-1.fc8 (2008-2849)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165710 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2008:008)).
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 (41350), Exploit-DB (31462), Tenable (31815), SecurityFocus (BID 28370†) and OSVDB (43530†). The entries VDB-36018, VDB-41234, VDB-40632 and VDB-41796 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 31815
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : xine-lib-1.1.11.1-1.fc8 (2008-2849)
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OpenVAS ID: 61038
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1586-1 (xine-lib)
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 438663Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1482 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1482
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41669
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X-Force: 41350
SecurityFocus: 28370 - xine-lib Multiple Heap Based Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29484
OSVDB: 43530 - xine-lib src/demuxers/demux_wc3movie.c WC3 Movie File Handling Remote Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 18111 - xine-lib 1.1.11 Multiple Integer Overflows, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-0981
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 01/04/2025 21:16
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (78), 08/08/2019 09:20 (11), 01/04/2025 21:16 (19)
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