HIGH
Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes
Published Mar 10, 2008
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.91%
Description
Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.91% 0.06912
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06912
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.91% (0.06912) | 93.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.91% (0.06912) | 93.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 8.93% (0.08926) | 92.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 11.42% (0.11423) | 92.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 17.22% (0.17220) | 94.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.84% (0.04838) | 93.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 4.73% (0.04732) | 91.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02691) | 88.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=a62d6f482a69%3Bstyle=gitweb x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29601 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28543 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41172 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=a62d6f482a69%3Bstyle=gitweb | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29601 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28543 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41172 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 10, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 5, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1161
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a