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xine-lib NSF Demuxer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory: SA29850  
Release Date: 2008-04-17
Last Update: 2008-04-21

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:xine-lib 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1878 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
Guido Landi has discovered a vulnerability in xine-lib, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "demux_nsf_send_chunk()" function in src/demuxers/demux_nsf.c. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long NSF title.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1.12. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Do not open process untrusted files with xine-lib.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Guido Landi

Changelog:
2008-04-21: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/5458



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