CVE-2008-5616 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the demux_open_vqf function within MPlayer 1.0 rc2 prior to r28150. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted TwinVQ file. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical nature and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0_rc1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.90_preCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90_pre:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.90_rcCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90_rc:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.90_rc4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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 records are not available for this CVE.