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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-3827 · published 29 September 2008

CVE-2008-3827: Mplayer vulnerability

Mplayer · Mplayer

Multiple integer underflows in the Real demuxer (demux_real.c) in MPlayer 1.0_rc2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted video file that causes the stream_read function to read or write arbitrary memory.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 11% · top 4.3% CWE-189 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple integer underflows in the Real demuxer (demux_real.c) in MPlayer 1.0_rc2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted video file that causes the stream_read function to read or write arbitrary memory.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32045
http://secunia.com/advisories/32153
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4326
http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk/libmpdemux/demux_real.c?r1=27314&r2=27675
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1644
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:219
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-013.html Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496806/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31473
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020952
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2703
http://secunia.com/advisories/32045
http://secunia.com/advisories/32153
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4326
http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk/libmpdemux/demux_real.c?r1=27314&r2=27675
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1644
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:219
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-013.html Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496806/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31473
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020952
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2703

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-3827), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.