Explain CVE-2008-0486
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: n/a
References: [{'name': '3608', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SREASON'], 'url': 'http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3608'}, {'name': '28989', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28989'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0406', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0406/references'}, {'name': '20080204 CORE-2007-1218: MPlayer 1.0rc2 buffer overflow vulnerability', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_FULLDISC'], 'url': 'http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060033.html'}, {'name': '28918', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28918'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0421', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0421'}, {'name': '20080204 CORE-2007-1218: MPlayer 1.0rc2 buffer overflow vulnerability', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487501/100/0/threaded'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:046', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:046'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2008:045', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045'}, {'name': '28955', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28955'}, {'name': '28779', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28779'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2103'}, {'name': '29307', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29307'}, {'name': '31393', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/31393'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431541'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200802-12', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-12.xml'}, {'name': '29601', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29601'}, {'name': 'DSA-1496', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1496'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2008:006', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html'}, {'name': '29141', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29141'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200803-16', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-1581', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00442.html'}, {'name': '29323', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29323'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2008-1543', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00395.html'}, {'name': '28956', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28956'}, {'name': 'DSA-1536', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1536'}, {'name': '27441', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27441'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=9655&release_id=574735'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209106'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://bugs.xine-project.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38'}, {'name': '28801', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28801'}, {'name': 'USN-635-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-635-1'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED