Buffer overflow in Ffmpeg

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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.052 (91.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Ffmpeg — versions 0.4.6, 0.4.7, 0.4.8
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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