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title: "CVE-2008-5236\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5236

Publication date 26 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15
and earlier versions, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
vectors related to (1) a crafted EBML element length processed by the
parse\_block\_group function in demux\_matroska.c; (2) a certain combination
of sps, w, and h values processed by the real\_parse\_audio\_specific\_data and
demux\_real\_send\_chunk functions in demux\_real.c; and (3) an unspecified
combination of three values processed by the open\_ra\_file function in
demux\_realaudio.c. NOTE: vector 2 reportedly exists because of an
incomplete fix in 1.1.15.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xine-lib | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.1.7-1ubuntu1.4 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.10 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5236?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| xine-lib | * Upstream:   <http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset;node=e38bb4b22431123997a16a186fe8beb4edcfef87;style=gitweb> * Upstream:   <http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset;node=8e125da9ecbe;style=gitweb> * Upstream:   <http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset;node=b01a02595343;style=gitweb> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5236)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5236)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5236)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5236)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-710-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-710-1)
+ xine-lib vulnerabilities
+ 26 January 2009

### Other references

* <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498243>
* <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=509521>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5236>