FKIE_CVE-2005-4048
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-07 11:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:18
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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