CVE-2008-3827
mplayer - integer overflows
EPSS 3.6%
Description
Multiple integer underflows in the Real demuxer (demux_real.c) in MPlayer 1.0_rc2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted video file that causes the stream_read function to read or write arbitrary memory.
How to fix CVE-2008-3827
To remediate CVE-2008-3827, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mplayer—upgrade to 1.0~rc2-18 or later
- Debian/mplayer—upgrade to 1.0~rc1-12etch5 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0~rc2-17+lenny1 or later
Is CVE-2008-3827 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.0~rc2-18
- from 0, < 1.0~rc1-12etch5
- from 0, < 1.0~rc2-17+lenny1