CVE-2008-5616
Stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_open_vqf function in libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 before r28150 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TwinVQ file.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_open_vqf function in libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 before r28150 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed TwinVQ file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-17 01:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 604bf088f7de89435146d2097667066f4c4673c9a1e0d96ea4a1c169911db533
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com34845http://secunia.com/advisories/34845
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:014http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:014
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:013http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:013
- www.securityfocus.com32822http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32822
- www.securityfocus.com20081214 [TKADV2008-014] MPlayer TwinVQ Processing Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499214/100/0/threaded
- svn.mplayerhq.huhttp://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/branches/1.0rc2/libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c?r1=24723&r2=28150&pathrev=28150
- www.debian.orgDSA-1782http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782
- trapkit.dehttp://trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2008-014.txt
- svn.mplayerhq.huhttp://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/branches/1.0rc2/libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c?view=log&pathrev=28150#rev28150
- secunia.com33136http://secunia.com/advisories/33136
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mplayer Fixed in 1.0~rc2-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mplayer Fixed in 1.0~rc2-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mplayer Fixed in 1.0~rc2-19
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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