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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-0486 · published 5 February 2008

CVE-2008-0486: Mplayer vulnerability

Mplayer · Mplayer

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.4% · top 7.6% CWE-189 · CWE-189
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
66References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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
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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-0486), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.