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CVE-2008-5240

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5240 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in xine-lib versions 1.1.12 and earlier, as well as 1.1.15 and earlier, where the software improperly handles untrusted input values for memory allocation. This flaw, categorized as a NULL pointer dereference, could lead to application crashes or potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires no authentication, but its impact is limited to availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1:rc0a:*:*:*:*:*:*
1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0419 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
secunia.com / advisories/31827
secunia.com / advisories/33544
securityreason.com / securityalert/4648
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44653
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00555.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
ocert.org / analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
osvdb.org / 47742
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30797
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