Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mplayer  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MPLAYER-665541
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed3 Feb 2017

Introduced: 3 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-5115  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mplayer package and not the mplayer package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The avcodec_decode_audio4 function in libavcodec in libavformat 57.34.103, as used in MPlayer, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted mp3 file.