CVE-2008-4610

Exp

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.

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-2008-4610 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.46%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4610

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32857 exploit_db edb 2008-10-07 Exploit-DB ↗
32856 exploit_db edb 2008-10-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4610

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 2025-10-20 3.64% 4.46% +0.83%
2 2025-03-30 3.92% 3.64% -0.29%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.92% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4610

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4610

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4610

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2008-4610 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (ffmpeg, mplayer), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4610
gentoo normal CVE-2008-4610: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-13), 1 atom(s) (media-video/mplayer); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-4610
ubuntu low CVE-2008-4610 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-debian, mplayer), 46 status rows across 16 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): DNE 19, ignored 11, not-affected 10, released 3, needs-triage 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4610

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4610

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-2008-4610

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