Vulnerability in Ffmpeg

CVE-2008-4868

Unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14787, as used by MPlayer, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a free "on random pointers."

Published 2008-11-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ffmpeg — versions 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2
Mplayer

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html (mailing-list)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46325 (vdb-entry)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6 (mailing-list)
secunia.com/advisories/34385 (third-party-advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml (vendor-advisory)
lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016136.html (mailing-list)