CVE-2008-1161

Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1...

9.3 High

Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Matroska file with invalid frame sizes.

Exploit likelihood

6.91%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2008-1161
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2008-1161
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-1170 No score

Record: EUVD-2008-1170
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5g6f-wfx8-qr4f No score

Buffer overflow in the Matroska demuxer (demuxers/demux_matroska.c) in xine-lib before 1.1.10.1...

Record: GHSA-5g6f-wfx8-qr4f
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

matroska demuxer

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`xine-lib` Debian:3.1 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 1.0.1-1sarge7, plus listed versions 1.0.1-11.0.1-1sarge11.0.1-1sarge21.0.1-1sarge31.0.1-1sarge41.0.1-1sarge51.0.1-1sarge6	1.0.1-1sarge7
`xine-lib` Debian:4.0 From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 1.1.2+dfsg-6, plus listed versions 1.1.2+dfsg-41.1.2+dfsg-5	1.1.2+dfsg-6

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-1161 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Matroska Demuxer, published March 10, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.91%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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