CVE - CVE-2008-5247

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5247	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The real_parse_audio_specific_data function in demux_real.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, uses an untrusted height (aka codec_data_length) value as a divisor, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero value.
References
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BID:30797 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797 BUGTRAQ:20080822 [oCERT-2008-008] multiple heap overflows in xine-lib URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-7512 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-7572 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html MISC:http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt SECUNIA:31827 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31827 SREASON:4648 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2009:004 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081125	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081125)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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