Description
Certain The MPlayer Project products are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via function asf_init_audio_stream() of libmpdemux/asfheader.c. This affects mplayer SVN-r38374-13.0.1 and mencoder SVN-r38374-13.0.1.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | mplayer | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mplayer | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | mplayer | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | mplayer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | mplayer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | mplayer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | mplayer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | mplayer | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | mplayer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | mplayer | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | mplayer | No fix yet | — |