| Name | CVE-2008-0295 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in modules/access/rtsp/real_sdpplin.c in the Xine library, as used in VideoLAN VLC Media Player 0.8.6d and earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long Session Description Protocol (SDP) data. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1543-1, DTSA-111-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 461544 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| vlc (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.0.21-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 3.0.21-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.21-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| vlc | source | etch | 0.8.6-svn20061012.debian-5.1+etch2 | | DSA-1543-1 | |
| vlc | source | lenny | 0.8.6.c-4.1~lenny2 | | DTSA-111-1 | |
| vlc | source | (unstable) | 0.8.6.c-6 | medium | | 461544 |
Notes
this does not affect xine-lib itself, its just vlc that ships a really old version of it