CVE-2008-5242 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5242
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Description: demux_qt.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, does not validate the count field before calling calloc for STSD_ATOM atom allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44657 SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4648 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA31827 MISC http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt FEDORA BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded BID 30797

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