Name: CVE-2008-5245: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-11-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-5245, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01286

xine-lib before 1.1.15 performs V4L video frame preallocation before ascertaining the required length, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a buffer overflow in the open_video_capture_device function in src/input/input_v4l.c.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade media-libs/xine-lib.	Oct 30, 2017	Nov 25, 2008
Suse	—	Upgrade xine-libUpgrade xine-extraUpgrade xine-lib-64bitUpgrade xine-develUpgrade xine-lib-x86Upgrade xine-uiUpgrade xine-lib-32bit	Feb 17, 2015	Nov 25, 2008

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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