# 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.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2004
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4x57-68g7-9v3f

## 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: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2004-1187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1187/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0041/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1042/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1043/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1098](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1098/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1188/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1188

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.