CVE-2008-0486: mplayer Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-0486 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in mplayer. EPSS estimates a 5.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 05-02-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.37%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.37% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (coresecurity.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- mplayer< 1.0~rc2-8
Mplayer1 product
- mplayer1.02rc2
Xine1 product
- xine-lib1.1.10
3 vendors · 3 products
References
34 links- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISC
- www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 34 references
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431541X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00442.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00395.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9655&release_id=574735X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209106X Refsource CONFIRM
- bugs.xine-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38X Refsource CONFIRM