CVE-2008-0486

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0486
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-05 12:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 22:00:00 UTC
DescriptionArray index vulnerability in libmpdemux/demux_audio.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before r25917, and possibly earlier versions, as used in Xine-lib 1.1.10, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted FLAC tag, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mplayer Mplayer 1.02rc2 All All All
Application Mplayer Mplayer 1.02rc2 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.1.10 All All All
Application Xine Xine-lib 1.1.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
MPlayer Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for mplayer - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason - MPlayer 1.0rc2 buffer overflow vulnerability SREASON securityreason.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: xine-lib-1.1.10.1-1.fc7 FEDORA www.redhat.com
USN-635-1: xine-lib vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Mandriva update for mplayer - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1536-1 libxine DEBIAN www.debian.org
Gentoo update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
MPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 209106 - media-libs/xine-lib <1.1.10.1 execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2008-0486) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
MPlayer 'demux_audio.c' Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: xine-lib-1.1.10.1-1.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
SourceForge.net: Files CONFIRM sourceforge.net
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
[Full-disclosure] [USN-575-1] Apache vulnerabilities FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk
Bug 431541 – CVE-2008-0486 xine-lib / mplayer: array indexing vulnerability in FLAC parsing code CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Debian update for mplayer - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:006 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1496-1 mplayer DEBIAN www.debian.org
MPlayer - The Movie Player CONFIRM www.mplayerhq.hu
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:045 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:046 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
bugs.xine-project.org/show_bug.cgi CONFIRM bugs.xine-project.org
Core Security Technologies MISC www.coresecurity.com Exploit
Mandriva update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
xine-lib Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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