CVE-2008-5245

Publication date 26 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
xine-lib	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not affected
	7.10 gutsy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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Patch details

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
xine-lib	Vendor: http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/pkg/xine-lib-deb?cmd=changeset;node=b7aa9aacefb0;style=gitweb

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498243
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5245