CVE-2005-2718

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in ad_pcm.c in MPlayer 1.0pre7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PCM audio data, as demonstrated using a video file with an audio header containing a large value in a stream format (strf) chunk.

Affected products

Mplayer: through 1.0_pre7

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112484733122809&w=2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:158
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14652
http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/mplayer/mplayer_20050824.txt
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103555
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112484733122809&w=2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:158
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14652
http://www.sven-tantau.de/public_files/mplayer/mplayer_20050824.txt
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103555

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