CVE-2006-2802

xine-lib 1.1.1 - Denial of Service via HTTP Plugin Long Reply

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-2802. PoCs published by Federico L. Bossi Bonin.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in gxine's HTTP plugin by sending a large number of 'A' characters (9500 bytes) to a listening socket, causing a crash and potential remote code execution. The PoC sets up a server on port 81 and waits for connections to trigger the overflow.

Description

Buffer overflow in the HTTP Plugin (xineplug_inp_http.so) for xine-lib 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long reply from an HTTP server, as demonstrated using gxine 0.5.6.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Federico L. Bossi Bonin · cdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1852

This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in gxine's HTTP plugin by sending a large number of 'A' characters (9500 bytes) to a listening socket, causing a crash and potential remote code execution. The PoC sets up a server on port 81 and waits for connections to trigger the overflow.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: gxine 0.5.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target · Target running gxine 0.5.6 with the HTTP plugin
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1105
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/25936
Exploit, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20369
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20942
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20766
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-08.xml
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18187
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20549
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26972
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Jun/0008.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/295-1/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20828
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1852
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandrake
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:108
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21919

Scores

EPSS 0.1089
EPSS Percentile 95.3%

Details

Status published
Products (5)
xine/gxine 0.5.6
xine/xine-lib 1.0.1
xine/xine-lib 1.0.2
xine/xine-lib 1.1.0
xine/xine-lib 1.1.1
Published Jun 03, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026