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MPlayer ASX Streaming Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9853
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Release Date:
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2003-09-26
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Last Update:
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2003-10-01
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Popularity:
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12,106 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | MPlayer 0.x
MPlayer 1.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in MPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing ASX headers. This can be exploited by tricking a user into playing an ASX stream with a specially crafted header.
Successful exploitation causes a buffer overflow and allows execution of arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
The vulnerability has been affects the following versions:
* MPlayer 0.90pre series
* MPlayer 0.90rc series
* MPlayer 0.90
* MPlayer 0.91
* MPlayer 1.0pre1
Change Page:
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