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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5237: xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5237: xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/25/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple integer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) crafted width and height values that are not validated by the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c before use in an allocation calculation or (2) crafted current_atom_size and string_size values processed by the parse_reference_atom function in demux_qt.c for an RDRF_ATOM string.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-xine-lib

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