CVE-2005-4048

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-12-07 CVE Reserved
2005-12-07 CVE Published
2023-05-02 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (30)

URL	Tag	Source
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558	X_refsource_misc
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup	X_refsource_confirm
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg	X_refsource_confirm
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892	2018-10-30
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272	2018-10-30
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279	2018-10-30
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004	2018-10-30
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005	2018-10-30
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml	2018-10-30
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml	2018-10-30
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232	2018-10-30
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992	2018-10-30
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770	2018-10-30
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1	2018-10-30
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg"		Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg"				0.4.6 Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg" and version "0.4.6"		-		Affected
Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg"		Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg"				0.4.7 Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg" and version "0.4.7"		-		Affected
Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg"		Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg"				0.4.8 Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg" and version "0.4.8"		-		Affected
Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg"		Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg"				0.4.9 Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg" and version "0.4.9"		-		Affected
Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg"		Ffmpeg Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg"				cvs Search vendor "Ffmpeg" for product "Ffmpeg" and version "cvs"		-		Affected