CVE-2008-4866

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4866
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-01 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14715, as used by MPlayer, allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to execution of DTS generation code with a delay greater than MAX_REORDER_DELAY.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.1 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.2 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.4 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.0 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.2 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.4 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.5 All All All
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 All pre1 All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.1 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.2 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.3.4 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.0 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.2 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.3 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.4 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.4.5 All All All
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 Mplayer Mplayer All All All All
Application Mplayer Mplayer All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for ffmpeg, gst-plugins-ffmpeg, and mplayer - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1782-1 mplayer DEBIAN www.debian.org
FFmpeg File Parsing Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for mplayer - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
20080905 [PLSA 2008-36] Ffmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities FULLDISC archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
404 Not Found MLIST lists.mplayerhq.hu Exploit
oss-security - Fwd: [Full-disclosure] [PLSA 2008-36] Ffmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-734-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:013 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
404 Not Found MLIST lists.mplayerhq.hu Exploit
Ubuntu update for ffmpeg - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:015 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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