CVE-2008-7185

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Published Sep 8, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

GNOME Rhythmbox 0.11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a playlist (.pls) file with a long Title field, possibly related to the g_hash_table_lookup function in b-playlist-manager.c.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:rhythmbox:0.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-7144	GNOME Rhythmbox 0.11.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a playlist (.pls) file with a long Title field, possibly related to the g_hash_table_lookup function in b-playlist-manager.c.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.1% (3.055% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0806-advisories/rhythmbox-dos.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493683/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493809/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29958
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43436

History

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Subscriptions

Gnome Rhythmbox

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 8, 2009, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:56 AM
Reserved: Sep 8, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 8, 2009, 11:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM

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