CVE-2005-4048: ffmpeg

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-4048 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 5.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 07-12-2005
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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) GStreamer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via small PNG images with palettes.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.