MPlayer AVI file buffer overflow
| mplayer-avi-file-bo (36581) |  High Risk |
Description:
MPlayer is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted AVI file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the victim.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.6 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.9 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
For Mandriva Linux:
Refer to MDKSA-2007:192 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- MPlayer Web site: MPlayer - The Movie Player.
- Vulnhunt Web site: Advisory CAL-20070912-1: Multiple vendor produce handling AVI file vulnerabilities.
- BID-25648: MPlayer AVIHeader.C Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4938: Heap-based buffer overflow in libmpdemux/aviheader.c in MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a .avi file with certain large indx truck size and nEntriesInuse values, and a certain wLongsPerEntry value.
- MDKSA-2007:192: Updated mplayer packages fix vulnerability
- OSVDB ID: 45940: MPlayer libmpdemux/aviheader.c AVI File Handling Overflow
- OSVDB ID: 50079: MPlayer Crafted MP3 File Handling Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 50080: MPlayer Crafted Ogg Vorbis File Handling Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 50081: MPlayer Crafted MPEG-1 File Handling Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 50082: MPlayer Crafted MPEG-2 File Handling Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 50083: MPlayer Crafted FLAC File Handling Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 50084: MPlayer Crafted Ogg Theora File Handling Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 50085: MPlayer Crafted WMV File Handling Remote DoS
- OSVDB ID: 50086: MPlayer Crafted AAC File Handling Remote DoS
Platforms Affected:
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MPlayer MPlayer 1.0 rc1
Reported:
Sep 12, 2007
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