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CVE-2005-4048 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558	CVE
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/	CVE
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg	CVE
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743	CVE	Patch
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558	[email protected]
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/	[email protected]
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg	[email protected]
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ffmpeg ffmpeg	0.4.6 0.4.7 0.4.8 0.4.9 cvs
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:cvs:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]