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.
Published: 2005-12-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 5.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1004-1 New vlc packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1005-1 New xine-lib packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-992-1 New ffmpeg packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-4043 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-230-1 ffmpeg vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-230-2 ffmpeg/xine-lib vulnerability
References
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http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558 cve-icon cve-icon
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg cve-icon cve-icon
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:31:48.965Z

Reserved: 2005-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4048

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-07T11:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4048

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