CVE-2006-1502

Multiple integer overflows in MPlayer 1.0pre7try2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and trigger heap-based buffer overflows via (1) a certain ASF file handled by asfheader.c that causes the asf_descrambling function to be passed a negative integer after the conversion from a char to an int or (2) an AVI file with a crafted wLongsPerEntry or nEntriesInUse value in the indx chunk, which is handled in aviheader.c.

Published: 2006-03-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1502 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.44%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1502

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 4.37% 3.44% -0.92%
2 2025-07-30 7.82% 4.37% -3.45%
3 2025-04-23 7.82%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1502

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1502

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1502

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1502: 1 GLSA(s) (200605-01), 2 atom(s) (media-video/mplayer, media-video/mplayer-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1502
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1502 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mplayer), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1502

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1502

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mplayer mplayer <= 1.0_pre7try2 cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1502

URL Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/044615.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19418 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19565
http://secunia.com/advisories/19919
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/532
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/647
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015842
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-01.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:068
http://www.osvdb.org/24246
http://www.osvdb.org/24247
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429251/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17295
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1156
http://www.xfocus.org/advisories/200603/11.html Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25513
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25514
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