CVE-2008-5245 Information

Description

xine-lib before 1.1.15 performs V4L video frame preallocation before ascertaining the required length which has unknown impact and attack vectors possibly related to a buffer overflow in the open_video_capture_device function in src/input/input_v4l.c.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/31502 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.securityfocus.com/bid/30698 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2382 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44470