CVE-2008-0225
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 15.0% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0237)
- Published
- January 10, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0237 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xine / xine-lib
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/xinermffhof-adv.txt(Exploit)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205197
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28384(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28489(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28507(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28636(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28674(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28955(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31393(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-12.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=567872
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1472
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:020
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_summary_report.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27198
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0163(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428620
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00592.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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