01 Record

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)

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

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)

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 5.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 92.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2005-12-07 11:00Z20 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 23:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2005-12-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

70e2189edc97edb78def70e76d15a54ad39cc131148b91fa93f3a2b3d7602fc0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ffmpegffmpegNot specified—

06 References

www.us.debian.orgDSA-992http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200602-01http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:229http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:232http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
secunia.com19272http://secunia.com/advisories/19272third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-230-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.debian.orgDSA-1005http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
secunia.com19114http://secunia.com/advisories/19114third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200601-06http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
secunia.com18087http://secunia.com/advisories/18087third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www1.mplayerhq.huhttp://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpegx_refsource_CONFIRM
cvs.freedesktop.orghttp://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markupx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com18400http://secunia.com/advisories/18400third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:230http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200603-03http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
secunia.com17892http://secunia.com/advisories/17892third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com18746http://secunia.com/advisories/18746third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:228http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
secunia.com19192http://secunia.com/advisories/19192third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
article.gmane.orghttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558x_refsource_MISC
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-230-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:231http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
www.vupen.comADV-2005-2770http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.debian.orgDSA-1004http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
secunia.com18739http://secunia.com/advisories/18739third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com18107http://secunia.com/advisories/18107third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com19279http://secunia.com/advisories/19279third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com15743http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
secunia.com18066http://secunia.com/advisories/18066third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www1.mplayerhq.huhttp://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpegx_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

ffmpeg
Fixed in 0.cvs20050918-5.1
vlc
Fixed in 0.8.4.debian-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

ffmpeg
Fixed in 0.cvs20050918-5.1
vlc
Fixed in 0.8.4.debian-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

ffmpeg
Fixed in 0.cvs20050918-5.1
vlc
Fixed in 0.8.4.debian-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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