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
cve@mitre.orghttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558
cve@mitre.orghttp://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17892Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18066Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18087Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18107Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18400Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18739Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18746Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19114Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19192Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19272Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/19279Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg
cve@mitre.orghttp://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17892Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18066Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18087Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18107Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18400Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18739Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18746Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19114Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19192Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19272Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/19279Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.6
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.7
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.8
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.9
ffmpeg ffmpeg cvs
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    Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.