CVE-2008-0486

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0486
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-05 12:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1536-1 libxine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:046 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for mplayer - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Mandriva update for mplayer - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
MPlayer 'demux_audio.c' Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: xine-lib-1.1.10.1-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
bugs.xine-project.org/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.xine-project.org
Gentoo update for xine-lib - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for mplayer - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason - MPlayer 1.0rc2 buffer overflow vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
xine-lib Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
[Full-disclosure] [USN-575-1] Apache vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
Core Security Technologies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.coresecurity.com Exploit
MPlayer Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 431541 – CVE-2008-0486 xine-lib / mplayer: array indexing vulnerability in FLAC parsing code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:045 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
MPlayer: Multiple buffer overflows — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
MPlayer - The Movie Player af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mplayerhq.hu
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mandriva update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-635-1: xine-lib vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
xine-lib: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: xine-lib-1.1.10.1-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo Bug 209106 - media-libs/xine-lib <1.1.10.1 execution of arbitrary code (CVE-2008-0486) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Fedora update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1496-1 mplayer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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