CVE-2008-5233

Name	CVE-2008-5233
Description	xine-lib 1.1.12, and other versions before 1.1.15, does not check for failure of malloc in circumstances including (1) the mymng_process_header function in demux_mng.c, (2) the open_mod_file function in demux_mod.c, and (3) frame_buffer allocation in the real_parse_audio_specific_data function in demux_real.c, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

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
	trixie	3.0.21-10	fixed
	forky, sid	3.0.22~rc1-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
vlc	source	(unstable)	(not affected)
xine-lib	source	(unstable)	1.1.14-3	low

- vlc <not-affected> (affected part of xine-lib code copy not present)