CVE-2005-4048

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4048
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-07 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.6 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.7 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.8 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.9 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg cvs All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for ffmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for gst-plugins-ffmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
FFmpeg LibAVCodec Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for xine-lib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.freedesktop.org
USN-230-2: ffmpeg/xine-lib vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Debian update for xine-lib - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www1.mplayerhq.hu
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for ffmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- xine-lib, FFmpeg: Heap-based buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Debian update for vlc - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-992-1 ffmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us.debian.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MPlayer: Multiple integer overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1005-1 xine-lib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gmane -- Mail To News And Back Again af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org
Gentoo update for xine-lib / ffmpeg - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-230-1: ffmpeg vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www1.mplayerhq.hu
GStreamer FFmpeg Plug-in libavcodec Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
FFmpeg libavcodec Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for mplayer - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GStreamer FFmpeg plugin: Heap-based buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - xine-lib FFmpeg libavcodec Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1004-1 vlc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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