CVE-2011-3625
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sub_read_line_sami function in subreader.c in MPlayer, as used in SMPlayer 0.6.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a SAMI subtitle…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the sub_read_line_sami function in subreader.c in MPlayer, as used in SMPlayer 0.6.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a SAMI subtitle file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 24.10% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 30 May 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mplayer2/mplayer2 · ricardo villalba/smplayer
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 24.1% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2/commit/?id=27b88a09c5319deb62221b8cd0ecc14cd1136e4aPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55486
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-13.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/12
- https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/system/assets/149/original/mwri_mplayer-sami-subtitles_2011-08-12.pdfVendor Advisory
- http://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2/commit/?id=27b88a09c5319deb62221b8cd0ecc14cd1136e4aPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55486
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-13.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/12
- https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/system/assets/149/original/mwri_mplayer-sami-subtitles_2011-08-12.pdfVendor Advisory
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