MPlayer buffer overflow
Published:		04.10.2007
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		8209
Type:		client
Level:		5/10
Description:		Buffer overflow on AVI files parsing.

Affected:		MPLAYER : MPlayer 1.0
CVE:		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.)

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MANDRIVA, [ MDKSA-2007:192 ] - Updated mplayer packages fix vulnerability (04.10.2007)

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