PT-2008-3486 · Xine · Xine-Lib

Published 2008-04-25 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2008-1964

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xine-lib (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the demux nsf send headers function, located in src/demuxers/demux nsf.c. This overflow can be triggered by a long copyright field in an NSF header in an NES Sound file. However, a third party claims that the copyright field always has a safe length, which may affect the exploitability of this issue.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1964

Affected Products

Xine-Lib

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1964 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/80132 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491248/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89595 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491274/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28908 · Note