7.5

CVE-2006-4799: xine xine-lib

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 14-09-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-4799 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in xine xine-lib. EPSS estimates a 2.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.86%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1215DSA-1215-1

Timeline

  1. 14-09-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in ffmpeg for xine-lib before 1.1.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI file and "bad indexes", a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4048 and CVE-2006-2802.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 2.81% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Xine1 product
  • xine-lib≤ 1.1.1 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.1.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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