CVE-2004-1188 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer overflow in xine and MPlayer allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via malicious media files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1188?
CVE-2004-1188 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, published on 22 Dec 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The pnm_get_chunk function in xine 0.99.2 and earlier, and other packages such as MPlayer that use the same code, does not properly verify that the chunk size is less than the PREAMBLE_SIZE, which causes a read operation with a negative length that leads to a buffer overflow via (1) RMF_TAG, (2) DATA_TAG, (3) PROP_TAG, (4) MDPR_TAG, and (5) CONT_TAG values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1187.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1188?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mplayer Mplayer, Xine Xine, Xine Xine-Lib.
How do I fix CVE-2004-1188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2004-1188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4x57-68g7-9v3f.