CVE-2008-1161

Published: Mar 10, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes.

Affected (1)

Products: Matroska: Demuxer

Matroska

1 product

Demuxer

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Matroska Demuxer	Up to 1.1.10

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (20)

http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=a62d6f482a69%3Bstyle=gitweb

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/29323

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29601

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31393

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28543

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41172

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=a62d6f482a69%3Bstyle=gitweb