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CVE-2006-6172
Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1)…
High7.5EPSS 5.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (24)
- 23512 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25555 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24336 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24339 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SSA:2006-357-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 23242 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200612-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=468432 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23567 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200702-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-392-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 23249 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21435 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 23218 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23301 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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