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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Oct 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4610, GHSA-w3rv-993w-f388

## 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: Mplayer Mplayer.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-4610?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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:

- MPlayer - '.AAC' File Handling Denial of Service (exploitdb)
- MPlayer - '.OGM' File Handling Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-5616](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5616/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-1558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1558/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1285/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1310/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1311/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4610 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4610/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4610/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4610
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4610
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4610

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4610/
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