CVE-2007-1387

NameCVE-2007-1387
DescriptionThe DirectShow loader (loader/dshow/DS_VideoDecoder.c) in MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, as used in xine-lib, does not set the biSize before use in a memcpy, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a buffer overflow and possibly execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1246.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1536-1
Debian Bugs414072, 414075

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mplayer (PTS)bullseye2:1.4+ds1-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2:1.5+svn38408-1fixed
sid2:1.5+svn38542-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mplayersourceetch1.0~rc1-12etch
mplayersource(unstable)1.0~rc1-13low414075
xine-libsourcesarge1.0.1-1sarge7DSA-1536-1
xine-libsourceetch1.1.2+dfsg-6DSA-1536-1
xine-libsource(unstable)1.1.2+dfsg-3low414072

Notes

[sarge] - xine-lib <no-dsa> (Only affects external, proprietary w32codecs addons)

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