THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5237
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5237

Xine vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Xine
Affected product
Xine
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-11-26

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5237

  • Confirm whether Xine Xine is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5237.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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