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CVE-2008-0486

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0486 is an array index vulnerability in MPlayer and Xine-lib that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Specifically, a crafted FLAC tag can trigger a buffer overflow in libmpdemux/demux_audio.c. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.02rc2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.02rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xine:xine-lib:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0537 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0486Important

mplayer: array indexing vulnerability in FLAC parsing code

Feb 4, 2008

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugs.xine-project.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28779
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28801
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28918
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28955
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28956
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28989
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29141
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29307
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29323
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29601
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31393
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200802-12.xml
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3608
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00395.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00442.html
coresecurity.com
Exploit
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1496
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1536
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mplayerhq.hu / design7/news.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487501/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27441
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-635-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0406/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0421