CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1195

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in xine-lib before version 1.0 and products using it (e.g., MPlayer 1.0pre6 and earlier) in code handling MMS over TCP (MMST) and RealMedia RTSP streams. A remote malicious server can exploit these to execute arbitrary code.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely take control of the victim's system by executing malicious code, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update xine-lib to version 1.0 or later and update all dependent applications like MPlayer to patched versions.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the code used to handle (1) MMS over TCP (MMST) streams or (2) RealMedia RTSP streams in xine-lib before 1.0, and other products that use xine-lib such as MPlayer 1.0pre6 and earlier, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS