CVE-2006-6172

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches.

References

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-6155

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4824

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-392-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21435

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:112

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:224

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1244

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=468432

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.433842

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-11.xml

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-02.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/25555

http://secunia.com/advisories/24339

http://secunia.com/advisories/24336

http://secunia.com/advisories/23567

http://secunia.com/advisories/23512

http://secunia.com/advisories/23335

http://secunia.com/advisories/23301

http://secunia.com/advisories/23249

http://secunia.com/advisories/23242

http://secunia.com/advisories/23218

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-11-30

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0429