CVE-2008-7185 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GNOME Rhythmbox 0.11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a playlist (.pls) file with a long Title field, possibly related to the g_hash_table_lookup function in b-playlist-manager.c.

Published: 2009-09-08

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:rhythmbox:0.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-7144	GNOME Rhythmbox 0.11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a playlist (.pls) file with a long Title field, possibly related to the g_hash_table_lookup function in b-playlist-manager.c.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01592.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0806-advisories/rhythmbox-dos.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493683/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493809/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29958
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43436

History

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Subscriptions

Gnome Rhythmbox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-09-08T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:56:14.441Z

Reserved: 2009-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7185

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-09-08T23:30:00.467

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

Link: CVE-2008-7185

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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