CVE-2008-7185 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.1% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.06% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-09-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnome | rhythmbox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GNOME Rhythmbox 0.11.5 - '.Playlist' File Denial of Service | 2008-06-26 |
References
- 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
- 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
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