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xine-lib: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):xine-lib CVE #(s):CVE-2007-1387
Created:March 13, 2007 Updated:April 1, 2008
Description: Moritz Jodeit discovered that the DirectShow loader of Xine did not correctly validate the size of an allocated buffer. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted media file, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-1536-1 2008-03-31
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:062 2007-03-13
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:061 2007-03-13
Ubuntu USN-435-1 2007-03-12
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