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title: "CVE-2007-2948\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-2948

Publication date 7 June 2007

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 stack-based buffer overflows in stream/stream\_cddb.c in MPlayer
before 1.0rc1try3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
CDDB entry with a long (1) album title or (2) category.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mplayer | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.0~rc1-0ubuntu9.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2:0.99+1.0pre8-0ubuntu8.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2:0.99+1.0pre7try2+cvs20060117-0ubuntu8.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2948)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2948)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2948)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2948)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2948>