MPlayer: Multiple vulnerabilities

MPlayer: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MPlayer and the bundled FFmpeg, the worst of which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. MPlayer October 25, 2013 October 25, 2013: 1 253649 279342 339037 379297 394809 remote 1.1-r1 1.1-r1

MPlayer is a media player including support for a wide range of audio and video formats.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MPlayer and the bundled FFmpeg. Please review the CVE identifiers and FFmpeg GLSA referenced below for details.

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a crafted media file to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All MPlayer users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/mplayer-1.1-r1"

CVE-2007-6718 CVE-2008-4610 CVE-2010-2062 CVE-2010-3429 CVE-2011-3625 FFmpeg: Multiple Vulnerabilities a3li underling