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CVE-2008-4866 Details

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14715, as used by MPlayer, allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to execution of DTS generation code with a delay greater than MAX_REORDER_DELAY.

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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html	CVE	Exploit
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016011.html	CVE	Exploit
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016012.html	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34296	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34385	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34845	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46322	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:013	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:015	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33308	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016011.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016012.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/34296	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34385	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34845	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46322	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:013	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:015	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33308	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1	[email protected]

see all 28 references

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	<= 0.4.9 0.3 0.3.1 0.3.2 0.3.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg::pre1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:::::::* 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:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mplayer mplayer	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 3, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]