VUPEN Security - MPlayer "demux_real_fill_buffer()" Integer Underflow Vulnerabilities / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : MPlayer "demux_real_fill_buffer()" Integer Underflow Vulnerabilities
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2703
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3827
CWE ID : CWE-191
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-09-30

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in MPlayer, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by integer underflow errors in the "demux_real_fill_buffer()" [libmpdemux/demux_real.c] function when processing malformed data, which could allow attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious video file.

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Felipe Andres Manzano.

ChangeLog

2008-09-30 : Initial release

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