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.
Published: 2008-02-05
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 4.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1496-1 New mplayer packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1536-1 New libxine packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0496 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-635-1 xine-lib vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209106 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.xine-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28779 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28801 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28918 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28955 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28956 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28989 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29141 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29307 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29601 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-12.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3608 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9655&release_id=574735 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2103 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1496 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:046 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487501/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27441 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0406/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0421 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431541 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0486 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00395.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00442.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:46:55.046Z

Reserved: 2008-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0486

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-05T12:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0486

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-02-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-0486 - Bugzilla

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