CVE-2008-0225 EXPLOIT
6.4
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 15% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute in an RTSP session, related to the rmff_dump_header function and related to disregarding the max field. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.4 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 14.97% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-01-10 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xine | xine-lib |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Xine-Lib 1.1.9 - 'rmff_dump_cont()' Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (PoC) | 2008-01-09 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/xinermffhof-adv.txt
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205197
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28384
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28489
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28507
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28674
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28955
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-12.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=567872
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1472
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:020
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27198
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0163
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428620
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00592.html
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