MPlayer: Heap-based buffer overflow

Background

MPlayer is a media player that supports many multimedia file types.

Description

Xfocus Team discovered multiple integer overflows that may lead to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to play a specially crafted multimedia file, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.0.20060415"

All MPlayer binary users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-bin-1.0.20060415"