CVE-2005-4048

Published: Dec 7, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

7.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (5)

Products: Ffmpeg: Ffmpeg

Ffmpeg

1 product

Ffmpeg

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.4.6
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.4.7
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.4.8
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.4.9
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version cvs

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (60)

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17892

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18066

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18087

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18107

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18400

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18739

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18746

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19114

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19192

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19272

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19279

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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