CVE-2006-1905

NameCVE-2006-1905
DescriptionMultiple format string vulnerabilities in xiTK (xitk/main.c) in xine 0.99.3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a long filename on an EXTINFO line in a playlist file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs363370

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xine-ui (PTS)buster0.99.9-1.3fixed
bullseye0.99.9-2fixed
bookworm0.99.14-1fixed
sid, trixie0.99.14+hg20240403-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xine-uisource(unstable)0.99.4-1unimportant363370

Notes

This is a non-issue: An attacker would need to trick the user into opening
an MP3 file with a very obviously manipulated filename containing the shellcode

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