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ffmpeg mplayer: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):ffmpeg mplayer CVE #(s):CVE-2011-1931
Created:June 21, 2011 Updated:September 20, 2011
Description: From the Pardus advisory:

A vulnerability has been fixed in ffmpeg, which can be result in an out of array write and potentially arbitrary code execution.

Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-1209-2 2011-09-19
Ubuntu USN-1209-1 2011-09-19
Pardus 2011-87 2011-06-21
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