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CVE-2005-4048

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.

Published

2005-12-07T11:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ffmpeg	ffmpeg	0.4.6	Yes
Application	ffmpeg	ffmpeg	0.4.7	Yes
Application	ffmpeg	ffmpeg	0.4.8	Yes
Application	ffmpeg	ffmpeg	0.4.9	Yes
Application	ffmpeg	ffmpeg	cvs	Yes

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558 ([email protected])
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg ([email protected])
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/ ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/ ([email protected])
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://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-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)