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# CVE-2009-0698

Publication date 23 February 2009

Last updated 26 May 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Integer overflow in the 4xm demuxer (demuxers/demux\_4xm.c) in xine-lib
1.1.16.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via a 4X movie file with a large
current\_track value, a similar issue to CVE-2009-0385.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0698?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xine-lib | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.1.15-0ubuntu3.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.1.11.1-1ubuntu3.3 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.1.7-1ubuntu1.5 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.1.1+ubuntu2-7.11 |

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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-2009-0698?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

when fixing this, also add in patch for CVE-2008-5239 regression:
http://hg.debian.org/hg/xine-lib/xine-lib?cmd=changeset;node=b11cc37934629a2965859163db6095fbbe2b44be;style=gitweb
details: http://bugs.xine-project.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=204
details: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xine-lib/+bug/322834

### 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=ba872682eba8a10217c48b7fe21f0fa763ef4af3;style=gitweb> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0698)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0698)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-0698)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0698)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-763-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-763-1)
+ xine-lib vulnerabilities
+ 20 April 2009

+ [USN-746-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-746-1)
+ xine-lib vulnerability
+ 26 March 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0698>