CVE-2008-0486

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

Mplayer: 1.02rc2
Xine-Lib: 1.1.10

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
http://secunia.com/advisories/28801
http://secunia.com/advisories/28918
http://secunia.com/advisories/28955
http://secunia.com/advisories/28956
http://secunia.com/advisories/28989
http://secunia.com/advisories/29141
http://secunia.com/advisories/29307

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