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CVE-2008-5242

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5242 describes a denial-of-service or potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in xine-lib versions 1.1.15 and earlier, specifically within the demux_qt.c component. The flaw stems from insufficient validation of a 'count' field before a calloc operation for STSD_ATOM allocation, allowing remote attackers to trigger the issue via a crafted media file. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), 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

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0314 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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
securityreason.com / securityalert/4648
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44657
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00174.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00385.html
ocert.org / analysis/2008-008/analysis.txt
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495674/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30797
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