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mplayer: heap-based buffer overflow

Package(s):mplayer CVE #(s):CVE-2007-4938
Created:October 2, 2007 Updated:October 3, 2007
Description: A 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.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:192 2007-10-01
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