CVE-2008-5616
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 7.7%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_open_vqf function in libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 before r28150 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TwinVQ file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.7% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5591)
- Published
- December 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5591 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
- mplayer / mplayer
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33136(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34845
- http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/branches/1.0rc2/libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c?r1=24723&r2=28150&pathrev=28150
- http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/branches/1.0rc2/libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c?view=log&pathrev=28150#rev28150
- http://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-014.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:013
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:014
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499214/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32822
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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