CVE-2007-0255 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

XINE 0.99.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain M3U file that contains a long #EXTINF line and contains format string specifiers in an invalid udp:// URI, possibly a variant of CVE-2007-0017.

Published: 2007-01-16

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 3.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine:0.99.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-0257	XINE 0.99.4 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a certain M3U file that contains a long #EXTINF line and contains format string specifiers in an invalid udp:// URI, possibly a variant of CVE-2007-0017.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02981.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/31666
http://secunia.com/advisories/23931
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:027
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:154
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456523/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22252

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-16T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:12:17.996Z

Reserved: 2007-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0255

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-16T23:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0255

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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