CVE-2008-5242

CVE-2008-5242, security advisory, suse linux, suse, security, cve

CVE-2008-5242

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

[Previous] [Index] [Next]

Upstream information

CVE-2008-5242 at MITRE

Description

demux_qt.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not validate the count field before calling calloc for STSD_ATOM atom allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

---

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 419541 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SR:2009:004, published Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0000

---

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 06:38:34 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:29:11 2023