{"id":"CVE-2011-3625","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-3625","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:58:55.679Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2014-06-11T14:55:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:33:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["mplayer2/mplayer2","ricardo villalba/smplayer"],"epss":{"score":0.24105,"percentile":0.97856,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2012-05-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":18954,"kind":"exploit","title":"MPlayer - '.SAMI' Subtitle File Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18954","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/18954.rb","file":"exploits/windows/local/18954.rb","published":"2012-05-30","added":"2012-05-30","updated":"2012-05-30","author":"Metasploit","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-74604","CVE-2011-3625"],"tags":"Metasploit Framework (MSF)","aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"http://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/files/Advisories/mwri_mplayer-sami-subtitles_2011-08-12.pdf"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2/commit/?id=27b88a09c5319deb62221b8cd0ecc14cd1136e4a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55486","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-13.xml","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/12","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/system/assets/149/original/mwri_mplayer-sami-subtitles_2011-08-12.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2/commit/?id=27b88a09c5319deb62221b8cd0ecc14cd1136e4a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55486","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-13.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/18/12","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/system/assets/149/original/mwri_mplayer-sami-subtitles_2011-08-12.pdf","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3625","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}