CVE-2008-1161

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2008-1161 · Published 10/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1161 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting demuxer (matroska).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.9%, higher than 94.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
demuxer matroska	`≤ 1.1.10`	No fix yet

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.

References

hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
secunia.com/advisories/29323 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/29601
secunia.com/advisories/31393
debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536
mandriva.com/security/advisories
securityfocus.com/bid/28543
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41172

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