CVE-2007-6718

MPlayer, possibly 1.0rc1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV and application crash) via (1) a malformed MP3 file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.mp3; (2) a malformed Ogg Vorbis file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.ogg; (3) a malformed MPEG-1 file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.mpg; (4) a malformed MPEG-2 file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.m2v; (5) a malformed MPEG-4 AVI file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.avi; (6) a malformed FLAC file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.flac; (7) a malformed Ogg Theora file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.ogm; (8) a malformed WMV file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.wmv; or (9) a malformed AAC file, as demonstrated by lol-mplayer.aac. NOTE: vector 5 might overlap CVE-2007-4938, and vector 6 might overlap CVE-2008-0486.

Published: 2008-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6718 is rated Low Risk (38.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6718

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.49% 0.44% -0.04%
2 2025-03-29 0.44% 0.49% +0.04%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6718

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6718

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6718

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-6718 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mplayer), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6718
gentoo normal CVE-2007-6718: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-13), 1 atom(s) (media-video/mplayer); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6718
ubuntu low CVE-2007-6718 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mplayer), 20 status rows across 20 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial): ignored 13, DNE 4, not-affected 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6718

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6718

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mplayer mplayer <= 1.0_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.90_pre cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90_pre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.90_rc cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90_rc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.90_rc4 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.90_rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.92.1 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.92.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 0.92_cvs cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:0.92_cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre1 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre2 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre3 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre3try2 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre3try2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre4 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre5 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre5try1 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre5try1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre5try2 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre5try2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre6 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre7 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre7try2 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:1.0_pre7try2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6718

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