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CVE-2008-5239

Published: Nov 26, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.7%
Top 11.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not properly handle (a) negative and (b) zero values during unspecified read function calls in input_file.c, input_net.c, input_smb.c, and input_http.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors such as (1) a file or (2) an HTTP response, which triggers consequences such as out-of-bounds reads and heap-based buffer overflows.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
xine-libxine
On-prem
Consumer Software / media-player
xineoss-projectConsumer Softwareaka xine-lib, gxine, xine-ui, xine xine

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797
securityfocus.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/33544
secunia.com
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
ocert.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 26, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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