CVE-2008-1558

MPlayer - Remote Code Execution via Large streamid SDP Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-1558. PoCs published by Guido Landi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in MPlayer (CVE-2008-1558) by crafting a malicious RTSP response with an overly large stream ID, leading to arbitrary memory overwrite and potential remote code execution.

Description

Uncontrolled array index in the sdpplin_parse function in stream/realrtsp/sdpplin.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via a large streamid SDP parameter. NOTE: this issue has been referred to as an integer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Guido Landi · perldoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5307

This exploit targets a buffer overflow vulnerability in MPlayer (CVE-2008-1558) by crafting a malicious RTSP response with an overly large stream ID, leading to arbitrary memory overwrite and potential remote code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: MPlayer (versions affected by CVE-2008-1558)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to target · Target must process malicious RTSP stream
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0997/references
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41490
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30412
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:196
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29515
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28851
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5307
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1552
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-22.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29921

Scores

EPSS 0.1680
EPSS Percentile 96.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (1)
mplayer/mplayer 1.0_rc2
Published Mar 31, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026