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.
Published: 2008-02-06
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 7.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1496-1 New mplayer packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0640 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.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:54:22.538Z

Reserved: 2008-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-0630

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-02-06T21:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-0630

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