Description
Buffer overflow in playlistimport.cpp in Kaffeine Player 0.4.2 through 0.7.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via long HTTP request headers when Kaffeine is "fetching remote playlists", which triggers the overflow in the http_peek function.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | kaffeine | 0.8-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | kaffeine | 0.8-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | kaffeine | 0.8-1 | — |
| Debian 3.1 | kaffeine | 0.6-1sarge1 | DSA-1023-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kaffeine | 2.0.18-1.17 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10885-1 |
Advisories 2
- DSA-1023-1 kaffeine - buffer overflow Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10885-1 kaffeine-2.0.18-1.17 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- USN-268-1 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2006-1229 vdb-entry
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060404-1.txt
- 19557 third-party-advisory
- 17372 vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2006:065 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1023 vendor-advisory
- 1015863 vdb-entry
- kaffeine-http-peek-bo(25631) vdb-entry
- GLSA-200604-04 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2006:008 vendor-advisory
- 19549 third-party-advisory
- 19542 third-party-advisory
- 19525 third-party-advisory
- 19540 third-party-advisory
- 20060405 [Kaffeine Security Advisory] Heap based buffer overflow in http_peek() mailing-list
- 19571 third-party-advisory