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    CVE-2006-6172

    Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches.

    Published:Nov 30, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 30, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.04458
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mplayer
    Product
    Mplayer
    Vendor
    Xine
    Product
    Real Media Input Plugin

    Exploits

    https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2011-0723 (CVSS 6.8) — FFmpeg 0.5.x, as used in MPlayer and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (app…
    CVE-2008-5616 (CVSS 10) — Stack-based buffer overflow in the demux_open_vqf function in libmpdemux/demux_vqf.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 before…
    CVE-2008-4866 (CVSS 10) — Multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14715, as used by MPlayer, allow cont…
    CVE-2008-4867 (CVSS 10) — Buffer overflow in libavcodec/dca.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14917, as used by MPlayer, allows context-dependen…
    CVE-2008-4868 (CVSS 10) — Unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14787, a…
    CVE-2008-4869 (CVSS 10) — FFmpeg 0.4.9, as used by MPlayer, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory cons…
    CVE-2007-6718 (CVSS 4.3) — MPlayer, possibly 1.0rc1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV and application crash)…
    CVE-2008-4610 (CVSS 5) — MPlayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) a malformed AAC file,…
    CVE-2008-3827 (CVSS 9.3) — Multiple integer underflows in the Real demuxer (demux_real.c) in MPlayer 1.0_rc2 and earlier allow remote att…
    CVE-2008-1558 (CVSS 10) — Uncontrolled array index in the sdpplin_parse function in stream/realrtsp/sdpplin.c in MPlayer 1.0 rc2 allows …

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/23218
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23242
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23249
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23301
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23512
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23567
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24336
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24339
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25555
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-02.xml
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-11.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.433842
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=468432
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1244
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:224
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:112
    http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff
    http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21435
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-392-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4824
    https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23218
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23242
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23249
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23301
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23512
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23567
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24336
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24339
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25555
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-02.xml
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-11.xml
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.433842
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=468432
    http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1244
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:224
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:112
    http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff
    http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21435
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-392-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4824
    https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High