CVE-2008-5247: Xine Xine-Lib

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The real_parse_audio_specific_data function in demux_real.c in xine-lib 1.1.12, and other 1.1.15 and earlier versions, uses an untrusted height (aka codec_data_length) value as a divisor, which allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a zero value.

Affected products

• Xine Xine-Lib: up to and including 1.1.15; version 0.9.13 only; version 1 only; version 1.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; …

Published 2008-11-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.