Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the code used to handle (1) MMS over TCP (MMST) streams or (2) RealMedia RTSP streams in xine-lib be
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the code used to handle (1) MMS over TCP (MMST) streams or (2) RealMedia RTSP streams in xine-lib before 1.0, and other products that use xine-lib such as MPlayer 1.0pre6 and earlier, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code.
- Published
- May 2, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 4.4% · 91th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
31
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 4.4%
Affected systems
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mplayer mplayerup to 1.0_pre6 inclusive
- xine xine-lib1_beta1
- xine xine-lib1_beta10
- xine xine-lib1_beta11
- xine xine-lib1_beta2
- xine xine-lib1_beta3
- xine xine-lib1_beta4
- xine xine-lib1_beta5
- xine xine-lib1_beta6
- xine xine-lib1_beta7
- xine xine-lib1_beta8
- xine xine-lib1_beta9
- xine xine-lib1_rc2
- xine xine-lib1_rc3a
- xine xine-lib1_rc3b
- xine xine-lib1_rc3c
Same product
xine: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2008-5244Unspecified vulnerability in xine-lib before 1.1.15 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to libfaad.41Plan
- CVE-2008-5246Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib before 1.1.15 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that send ID3 da39Monitor
- CVE-2008-5234Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other versions before 1.1.15, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code 39Monitor
- CVE-2008-1686Array index vulnerability in Speex 1.1.12 and earlier, as used in libfishsound 0.9.0 and earlier, including Illiminable DirectShow Filters a39Monitor
- CVE-2008-5245xine-lib before 1.1.15 performs V4L video frame preallocation before ascertaining the required length, which has unknown impact and attack v38Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/xine/xine-lib/src/input/librtsp/rtsp.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19&diff_format=u
- cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/xine/xine-lib/src/input/mms.c?r1=1.55&r2=1.56&diff_format=u
- seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Apr/0337.html
- secunia.com/advisories/15014
- securitytracker.com/id?1013771
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-19.xml
- www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html#vuln10
- www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design7/news.html#vuln11
- www.osvdb.org/15711
- www.osvdb.org/15712
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396703
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13271
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20171
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20175
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.