HIGH
mplayer: array indexing vulnerability in FLAC parsing code
Published Feb 5, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.37%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.37% 0.05370
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05370
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.37% (0.05370) | 92.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.37% (0.05370) | 91.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.57% (0.04570) | 88.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.12% (0.11118) | 89.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 4.57% (0.04570) | 87.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.95% (0.05951) | 89.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 16, 2025 | 36.09% (0.36094) | 97.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 29.19% (0.29188) | 96.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.23% (0.07229) | 94.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 7.31% (0.07313) | 94.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.69% (0.05693) | 92.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 95.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 94.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 89.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (36)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209106 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugs.xine-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/28779 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/28918 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/29307 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/29601 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31393 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-12.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3608 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9655&release_id=574735 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2103 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1496 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:046 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487501/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27441 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0406/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0421 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0486 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431541 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0486
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0486
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00395.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00442.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 5, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 29, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0486
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a