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CVE-2008-0238

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0238 describes multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rmff_dump_cont function within xine-lib versions prior to 1.1.9. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious SDP (Session Description Protocol) attributes, specifically the Title, Author, or Copyright fields. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0421 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0238Important

xine-lib: SDP attributes buffer overflow

Jan 9, 2008

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28384
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28674
secunia.com / advisories/28955
secunia.com / advisories/31393
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200801-12.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-635-1