CVE-2006-2230

Xine vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

7.1%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in xiTK (xitk/main.c) in xine 0.99.4 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service via format string specifiers in an MP3 filename specified on the command line. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1905. In addition, if the only attack vectors involve a user-assisted, local command line argument of a non-setuid program, this issue might not be a vulnerability.

Affected vendor

Xine

Affected product

Xine

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2006-05-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

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