CVE-2008-5239 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code via crafted files or HTTP responses due to improper handling of negative and zero values.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5239?
CVE-2008-5239 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Nov 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5239?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xine Xine-Lib.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5239?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5239 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-5239 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5239 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xrf9-vrwv-8rg6.