Buffer overflow in url.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in url.c in MPlayer 1.0rc2 and SVN before r25823 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL that prevents the IPv6 parsing code from setting a pointer to NULL, which causes the buffer to be reused by the unescape code.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28955
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27766
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29307
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1496
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28956
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