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CVE-2009-4635 Details

Description

FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MOV container with improperly ordered tags that cause (1) mov.c and (2) utils.c to use inconsistent codec types and identifiers, leading to processing of a video-structure pointer by the mp3 decoder, and a stack-based buffer overflow.

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://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/09/patching-ffmpeg-into-shape.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36805	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/38643	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/39482	CVE
https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240	CVE	Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2000	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:059	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:060	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:061	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:088	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:112	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:114	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-931-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0935	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1241	CVE
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/09/patching-ffmpeg-into-shape.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/36805	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38643	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/39482	[email protected]
https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2000	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:059	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:060	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:061	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:088	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:112	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:114	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-931-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0935	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1241	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ffmpeg ffmpeg	0.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 10, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]