CVE-2008-5233 Information

Description

xine-lib 1.1.12 and other versions before 1.1.15 does not check for failure of malloc in circumstances including (1) the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c (2) the open_mod_file function in demux_mod.c and (3) frame_buffer allocation in the real_parse_audio_specific_data function in demux_real.c which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31827 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020703 http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:020 http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt http://www.osvdb.org/47747 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30797 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44639 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44648 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44649 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html