xine Remote Format String Vulnerability

vendor:

xine

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Format String Vulnerability

134

CWE

Product Name: xine

Affected Version From: 0.99.4

Affected Version To: 0.99.4

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: xine

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2005

xine Remote Format String Vulnerability

The xine package is susceptible to a remote format-string vulnerability. This issue arises when the application handles specially crafted filenames. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious filename that contains format specifiers and then coercing unsuspecting users to try to execute the affected application with the malicious filename as an argument. A successful attack may crash the application or lead to arbitrary code execution.

Mitigation:

Ensure that user-supplied input is properly sanitized before being used in the application.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17769/info

The xine package is susceptible to a remote format-string vulnerability. 

This issue arises when the application handles specially crafted filenames. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious filename that contains format specifiers and then coercing unsuspecting users to try to execute the affected application with the malicious filename as an argument.

A successful attack may crash the application or lead to arbitrary code execution. 

Version 0.99.4 of xine is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

The following command is sufficient to demonstrate this issue:
xine %p-%p.mp3

This will result in a file-not-found dialog being displayed. The dialog will report that the file that was not found has a name similar to '0x811ac8e-0xbe1fdabc.mp3'