CVE-2008-4610 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 20 Oct 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash MPlayer by tricking users into opening malformed AAC or OGM media files, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2008-4610?

CVE-2008-4610 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Oct 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

MPlayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a malformed AAC file, as demonstrated by lol-vlc.aac; or (2) a malformed Ogg Media (OGM) file, as demonstrated by lol-ffplay.ogm, different vectors than CVE-2007-6718.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4610?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mplayer Mplayer.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4610?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-4610 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4610 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4610, GHSA-w3rv-993w-f388.