CVE-2006-0579

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple integer overflows in (1) the new_demux_packet function in demuxer.h and (2) the demux_asf_read_packet function in demux_asf.c in MPlayer 1.0pre7try2 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an ASF file with a large packet length value. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; portions of the details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Mplayer: through 1.0_pre7try2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18718
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:048
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0457
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24531
http://secunia.com/advisories/18718
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:048
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0457
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24531

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