CVE-2007-4938
HIGH · CVSS 7.6EPSS 16.0%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in libmpdemux/aviheader.c in MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a .avi file with certain large "indx truck size" and nEntriesInuse values, and a certain wLongsPerEntry value.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 16.0% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4919)
- Published
- September 18, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4919 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / tru64
- ibm / aix
- ibm / os2
- linux / linux kernel
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
- microsoft / windows 2000
- microsoft / windows 2003 server
- microsoft / windows 98
- microsoft / windows me
- microsoft / windows nt
- microsoft / windows xp
- mplayer / mplayer
- santa cruz operation / sco unix
- sgi / irix
- sun / solaris
- windriver / bsdos
References
- http://osvdb.org/45940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27016(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3144
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:192
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479222/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25648(Exploit)
- http://www.vulnhunt.com/advisories/CAL-20070912-1_Multiple_vendor_produce_handling_AVI_file_vulnerabilities.txt(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36581
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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