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CVE-2007-4938

Published: Sep 18, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
7.6CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
16.0%
Top 3.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

mplayermplayer
On-prem
Consumer Software / media-player
irixsgi
OS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
n/an/a
mplayeross-projectConsumer Softwareaka mplayer, unix-mplayer
sgicommercialUSOperating Systemsaka sg i, s g i

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://osvdb.org/45940
osvdb.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/27016
secunia.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3144
securityreason.com
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Timeline

Published
Sep 18, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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