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MPlayer < 1.0pre8 Audio Header strf Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3183

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is using a version of MPlayer, a multimedia video and audio application. This version of MPlayer is vulnerable to a buffer overflow due to a lack of content parsing. An attacker exploiting this flaw would need to craft a malicious media file and then convince a local user to download and play the file within MPlayer. Successful exploitation would result in arbitrary code being executed locally.

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0pre8 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3183

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/25/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mplayer:mplayer

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2718

BID: 16530, 14652