CVE-2007-4938

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• MPlayer 1.0 - AVIHeader.C Heap Buffer Overflow2007-09-12 · dos · linux · Verified

Impact

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.

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Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://osvdb.org/45940
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27016
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3144
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:192
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479222/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25648
• http://www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AVI_file_vulnerabilities.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36581
• http://osvdb.org/45940
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27016
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3144
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:192
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479222/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25648
• http://www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AVI_file_vulnerabilities.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36581