What is the severity of CVE-2008-1878?

CVE-2008-1878 has a CVSS Base Score of 7.5/10 and is classified as High severity. It is important to assess the risk based on your specific environment.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1878?

Remediation typically involves updating the affected software products to the latest patched version. Refer to the 'Affected Products' and 'Remediation' sections on this page for specific mitigation steps and vendor advisories.

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CVE-2008-1878

Stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_nsf_send_chunk function in src/demuxers/demux_nsf.c in xine-lib 1.1.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long NSF title.

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Public Exploit Available

A Proof-of-Concept (PoC) or exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available. This significantly increases the risk of exploitation.

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low Priority

7.93%

The Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) uses machine learning to estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

0% (Theoretical)100% (Certainty)

7-Day Exploitation Trend

Vulnerability Timeline

2 events

Apr 17, 2008

Vulnerability Disclosed

Published to component-level vulnerability database.

Apr 9, 2025

Last Updated

Record updated with new analysis or tags.

Threat Actor Attribution

PREMIUM INTEL

Associated Groups:Lazarus Group, APT28

Ransomware Campaigns:LockBit 3.0, BlackCat

IoCs (Indicators):14 IPs, 3 Hashes

Remediation & Mitigation

SOLUTION

Official patches and mitigation steps are available for this vulnerability.

# Update Command
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y specific-package
# Verify installation
dpkg -l | grep package-name

Affected Products

8 Total

xine/xine-libAll Versions

xine/xine-lib1.1.0

xine/xine-lib1.1.1

xine/xine-lib1.1.9

xine/xine-lib1.1.10

References

PoC Exploit

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.htmlOpensuse

http://secunia.com/advisories/29850Secunia

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30021Secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/30337Secunia

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Vulnerability Details

CVSS Base Score

7.5/ 10

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published Date

Apr 17, 2008

Last Modified

Apr 9, 2025

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