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title: "CVE-2006-0579\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-0579

Publication date 8 February 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer overflows in (1) the new\_demux\_packet function in
demuxer.h and (2) the demux\_asf\_read\_packet function in demux\_asf.c in
MPlayer 1.0pre7try2 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code via an ASF file with a large packet length value. NOTE: the provenance
of this information is unknown; portions of the details are obtained from
third party information.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mplayer | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.0~rc1-0ubuntu9.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0579)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0579)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-0579)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0579)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0579>