HIGH
Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches
Published Nov 30, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.49%
Description
Buffer overflow in the asmrp_eval function in the RealMedia RTSP stream handler (asmrp.c) for Real Media input plugin, as used in (1) xine/xine-lib, (2) MPlayer 1.0rc1 and earlier, and possibly others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a rulebook with a large number of rulematches.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0_rc1
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.49% 0.05486
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05486
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 5.49% (0.05486) | 92.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.31% (0.05307) | 91.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.29% (0.04290) | 87.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.53% (0.06534) | 84.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.29% (0.04290) | 88.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 12.32% (0.12325) | 95.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | 9.10% (0.09101) | 94.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 9.27% (0.09270) | 93.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 9.53% (0.09531) | 93.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.29% (0.08291) | 93.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (24)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23218 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23242 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23249 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23301 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23512 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23567 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24336 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24339 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25555 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.433842 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=468432 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1244 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:224 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:112 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/patches/asmrules_fix_20061231.diff x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html#vuln14 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21435 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-392-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4824 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1603458&group_id=9655&atid=109655 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 30, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 30, 2006
Link CVE-2006-6172
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a