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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2008-0225 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to…

published 2008-01-10 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0237

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.0%
EPSS 15.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the rmff_dump_cont function in input/libreal/rmff.c in xine-lib 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the SDP Abstract attribute in an RTSP session, related to the rmff_dump_header function and related to disregarding the max field. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-0225 updated

xine-lib: SDP attributes buffer overflow

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31002)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31002 Xine-Lib 1.1.9 - 'rmff_dump_cont()' Remote Heap Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2008-01-09
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/xinermffhof-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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