FKIE_CVE-2008-1161

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-10 22:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:51
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=a62d6f482a69%3Bstyle=gitweb
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29323Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29601
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31393
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28543
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41172
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=a62d6f482a69%3Bstyle=gitweb
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29323Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29601
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28543
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41172
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
matroska demuxer *
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