6.8

CVE-2008-5242: xine xine-lib

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
Published 26-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5242 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in xine xine-lib. EPSS estimates a 3.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

demux_qt.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not validate the count field before calling calloc for STSD_ATOM atom allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.14% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.14%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Xine1 product
  • xine-lib≤ 1.1.15 | 0.9.13 | 1:rc0a | 1:rc1 | 1:rc2 | 1:rc3 | 1:rc3a | 1:rc3b | 1:rc3c | 1:rc4 | 1:rc4a | 1:rc5 | 1:rc6a | 1:rc7 | 1:rc8 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3a | 1.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.9.1 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.10.1 | 1.1.11 | 1.1.11.1 | 1.1.12 | 1.1.13 | 1.1.14 | 1_beta1 | 1_beta2 | 1_beta3 | 1_beta4 | 1_beta5 | 1_beta6 | 1_beta7 | 1_beta8 | 1_beta9 | 1_beta10 | 1_beta11 | 1_beta12

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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