Buffer overflow in url.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before r25823 allows remote attackers…
Priority LOW 37CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Buffer overflow in url.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before r25823 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL that prevents the IPv6 parsing code from setting a pointer to NULL, which causes the buffer to be reused by the unescape code.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03881 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0630
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-72r3-j5vh-qx4c
- 2026-10-13 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
References
More Mplayer vulnerabilities
- TI-2004-00352 Buffer overflow in the HTTP parser for MPlayer 1.0pre3 and earlier, 0.90, and 0.91 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-01492 Uncontrolled array index in the sdpplin_parse function in stream/realrtsp/sdpplin.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-00600 Buffer overflow in TranslateFilename for common.c in MPlayer 1.0pre4 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-05326 Stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_open_vqf function in libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2008-03666 Multiple integer underflows in the Real demuxer (demux_real.c) in MPlayer 1.0_rc2 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2008-00457 Array index error in libmpdemux/demux_mov.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 and earlier might allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2008-0630 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-0630 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-72r3-j5vh-qx4c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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