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CVE-2009-4637: ffmpeg

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-4637
Published 10-02-2010Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4637 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 17.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
17.35%
0%100%
Medium · +0.31 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2000-1

Timeline

  1. 10-02-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

17.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.31 pp

From 17.04% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
17.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    FFmpeg 0.5 - Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 4:0.5+svn20090706-3
Ffmpeg1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

10 links