CVE-2004-1309 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the demux_open_bmp function of Unix MPlayer 1.0pre5. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious bitmap (BMP) file with an oversized biClrUsed field. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, indicating notable attention despite its age.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0_pre5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:unix_mplayer:1.0_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.