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.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:045 | vendor advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28955 | third party advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27766 | vdb entry |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29307 | third party advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1496 | vendor advisory |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-16.xml | vendor advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28956 | third party advisory |