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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.


Security Impact Summary

CVE-2007-6718 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from mplayer organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2008, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.


Published

2008-10-20T17:59:23.053

Last Modified

2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mplayer mplayer ≤ 1.0_rc1 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.90 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.90_pre Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.90_rc Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.90_rc4 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.91 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.92 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.92.1 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 0.92_cvs Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre1 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre2 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre3 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre3try2 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre4 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre5 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre5try1 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre5try2 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre6 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre7 Yes
Application mplayer mplayer 1.0_pre7try2 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mplayer's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.