CVE-2008-7185 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash GNOME Rhythmbox by providing a playlist file with an excessively long title field, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-7185?
CVE-2008-7185 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Sep 2009. 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
GNOME Rhythmbox 0.11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a playlist (.pls) file with a long Title field, possibly related to the g_hash_table_lookup function in b-playlist-manager.c.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7185?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnome Rhythmbox.
How do I fix CVE-2008-7185?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7185 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2008-7185 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7185 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-7185, GHSA-cp42-6q89-8m7p.