--- title: "CVE-2008-0295\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0295?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-0295 Publication date 16 January 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0295?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | vlc | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 0.8.6e-0ubuntu1 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.8.6e-0ubuntu1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.8.6e-0ubuntu1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.8.6e-0ubuntu1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) per Debian this does not affect xine-lib, just vlc as it ships a really old version ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0295) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0295) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0295) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0295) ### Other references *