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CVE-2005-4048

Heap-based buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer function (utils.c) in FFmpeg libavcodec 0.4.9-pre1 and earl

Heap-based buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer function (utils.c) in FFmpeg libavcodec 0.4.9-pre1 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) mplayer, (2) xine-lib, (3) Xmovie, and (4) GStreamer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via small PNG images with palettes.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.05247

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EPSS percentile: top 10% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

1

ffmpegall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD07 Dec 2005 · 11:03 AM

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Vendor Advisories

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References & Sources

30

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558

http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup

http://secunia.com/advisories/17892PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18066Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18087Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18107Vendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/18400Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18739Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18746Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19114Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19192Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19272Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19279Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743Patch

http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770Vendor Advisory

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg

https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/

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