CVE-2004-0433 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger buffer overflows in RTSP clients via malicious streams, causing crashes or arbitrary code execution when users play media.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0433?
CVE-2004-0433 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) client for (1) MPlayer before 1.0pre4 and (2) xine lib (xine-lib) before 1-rc4, when playing Real RTSP (realrtsp) streams, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (a) long URLs, (b) long Real server responses, or (c) long Real Data Transport (RDT) packets.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0433?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mplayer Mplayer, Xine Xine-Lib.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0433?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2004-0433 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0433 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0433, GHSA-4pvm-mp59-j2rf.