Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib before 1.1.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that send ID3…

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib before 1.1.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that send ID3 data to the (1) id3v22_interp_frame and (2) id3v24_interp_frame functions in src/demuxers/id3.c. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.7% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 1020703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• xinelib-srcdemuxersid3-bo(44468) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 47677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=619869 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:49 UTC.