Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 18, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-4938
CVE-2007-4938
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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25648nvdExploit
- www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AVI_file_vulnerabilities.txtnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/27016nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/45940nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3144nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479222/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36581nvd
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