CVE-2007-4938

NameCVE-2007-4938
DescriptionHeap-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDTSA-65-1
Debian Bugs443478

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mplayer (PTS)stretch2:1.3.0-6fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)2:1.3.0-8+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2:1.4+ds1-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2:1.5+svn38408-1fixed
sid2:1.5+svn38542-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mplayersourcelenny1.0~rc1-16+lenny1DTSA-65-1
mplayersource(unstable)1.0~rc1-16.1443478

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