CVE-2004-0386
Buffer overflow in the HTTP parser for MPlayer 1.0pre3 and earlier, 0.90, and 0.91 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 27.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the HTTP parser for MPlayer 1.0pre3 and earlier, 0.90, and 0.91 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Location header.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- MPlayer 0.9/1.0 - Remote HTTP Header Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 23896dos, linuxpublished 30 Mar 2004Verified
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.0% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 11259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/design6/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- mplayer-header-bo(15675) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040330 MPlayer Security Advisory #002 - HTTP parsing vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- VU#723910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 10008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040330 Heap overflow in MPlayer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200403-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0386 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-0386)Record last updated .