CVE-2016-4352

Publication date 3 February 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Integer overflow in the demuxer function in libmpdemux/demux_gif.c in Mplayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a gif file.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that MPlayer incorrectly handled certain gif files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mplayer	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2:1.2.1-1ubuntu1.1
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1+deb7u2build0.12.04.1

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H