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CVE-2008-5245
xine-lib before 1.1.15 performs V4L video frame preallocation before ascertaining the required length, which has unknown impact and attack…
High9.3EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
xine-lib before 1.1.15 performs V4L video frame preallocation before ascertaining the required length, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a buffer overflow in the open_video_capture_device function in src/input/input_v4l.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- 1020703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31502 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2382 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- xinelib-openvideocapturedevice-bo(44470) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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