CVE-2006-6172
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6155)
- Published
- November 30, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6155 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mplayer / mplayer
- xine / real media input plugin
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(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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