THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1482
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1482

Xine Lib vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
9.5%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Multiple integer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to trigger heap-based buffer overflows and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted .FLV file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_flv.c; (2) a crafted .MOV file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_qt.c; (3) a crafted .RM file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_real.c; (4) a crafted .MVE file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_wc3movie.c; (5) a crafted .MKV file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/ebml.c; or (6) a crafted .CAK file, which triggers an overflow in demuxers/demux_film.c.
Affected vendor
Xine
Affected product
Xine Lib
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
  • CWE-189
Published
2008-03-24

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 9.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Xine Xine Lib is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1482.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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