# CVE-2008-1161: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-03-10 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29601
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:178
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41172
- http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=a62d6f482a69%3Bstyle=gitweb
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28543
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1

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