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title: "CVE-2011-3625\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3625

Publication date 11 June 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sub\_read\_line\_sami function in
subreader.c in MPlayer, as used in SMPlayer 0.6.9, allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code
via a long string in a SAMI subtitle file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mplayer | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn33713-1 |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| mplayer2 | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 2.0-134-g84d8671-9 |
| 13.04 raring | Fixed 2.0-134-g84d8671-9 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 2.0-134-g84d8671-9 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.0-134-g84d8671-9 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3625?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| mplayer2 | * Upstream:   [?id=27b](http://git.mplayer2.org/mplayer2/commit/?id=27b88a09c5319deb62221b8cd0ecc14cd1136e4a) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3625)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3625)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3625)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3625)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3625>