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FKIE_CVE-2007-4938

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-18 19:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:45
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/45940
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27016Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3144
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:192
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479222/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25648Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AVI_file_vulnerabilities.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36581
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/45940
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27016Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3144
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:192
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479222/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25648Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AVI_file_vulnerabilities.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36581
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apple mac_os_x *
hp hp-ux *
hp tru64 *
ibm aix *
ibm os2 *
linux linux_kernel *
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007.1
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007.1
microsoft windows_2000 *
microsoft windows_2003_server *
microsoft windows_98 *
microsoft windows_me *
microsoft windows_nt 4.0
microsoft windows_xp *
santa_cruz_operation sco_unix *
sun solaris *
windriver bsdos *
mplayer mplayer 1.0_rc1
sgi irix *
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