| Name | CVE-2008-5245 |
| Description | xine-lib before 1.1.15 performs V4L video frame preallocation before ascertaining the required length, which has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to a buffer overflow in the open_video_capture_device function in src/input/input_v4l.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xine-lib | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| xine-lib | source | (unstable) | 1.1.14-3 | low |
[etch] - xine-lib <not-affected> (The version from Etch doesn't yet perform pre-allocation)