CVE-2008-0486
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.4%EU EUVD
Array 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.4% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0496)
- Published
- February 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0496 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mplayer / mplayer
- xine / xine-lib
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209106
- http://bugs.xine-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28779(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28801(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28918(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28955(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28956(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28989(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29141(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29307(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29601(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31393
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-12.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3608
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9655&release_id=574735
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2103(Exploit)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1496
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:046
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487501/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27441
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0406/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0421
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431541
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00395.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00442.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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