CVE-2007-0255 Affecting xine-ui package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.39% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2504-XINEUI-9832979
  • published26 Apr 2025
  • disclosed16 Jan 2007

Introduced: 16 Jan 2007

CVE-2007-0255  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:25.04 xine-ui.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xine-ui package and not the xine-ui package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:25.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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