CVE-2007-4938

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-4938
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-18 19:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux All All All All
Operating System Hp Tru64 All All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix All All All All
Operating System Ibm Os2 All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007.1 All x86_64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2003 Server All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Me All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Nt 4.0 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All All All All
Application Mplayer Mplayer 1.0_rc1 All All All
Operating System Santa Cruz Operation Sco Unix All All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix All All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris All All All All
Operating System Windriver Bsdos All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/45940 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
MPlayer AVIHeader.C Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Mandriva update for mplayer - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Multiple vendor produce handling AVI file vulnerabilities - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AV... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vulnhunt.com Exploit
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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