CVE-2008-5236
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to execute…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 5.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to (1) a crafted EBML element length processed by the parse_block_group function in demux_matroska.c; (2) a certain combination of sps, w, and h values processed by the real_parse_audio_specific_data and demux_real_send_chunk functions in demux_real.c; and (3) an unspecified combination of three values processed by the open_ra_file function in demux_realaudio.c. NOTE: vector 2 reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix in 1.1.15.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
19
- 31567 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30797 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- xinelib-openrafile-bo(44642) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 33544 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- xinelib-parseblockgroup-bo(44634) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4648 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31827 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 47744 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7572 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31502 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2382 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20080822 [oCERT-2008-008] multiple heap overflows in xine-lib (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-0542 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7512 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5213 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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