CVE-2011-3625 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 24.1% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 24.11% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-06-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mplayer2 | mplayer2 |
| ricardo villalba | smplayer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MPlayer - '.SAMI' Subtitle File Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 2012-05-30 |
References
- http://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2/commit/?id=27b88a09c5319deb62221b8cd0ecc14cd1136e4a
- 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.pdf
- http://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2/commit/?id=27b88a09c5319deb62221b8cd0ecc14cd1136e4a
- 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.pdf
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