Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-5245: xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
9
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
11/25/2008
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-xine-lib
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