CVE-2009-4638 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Integer overflow in FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Published: 2010-02-10

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2000-1	New ffmpeg packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2009-4603	Integer overflow in FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02706.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/09/patching-ffmpeg-into-shape.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36805
http://secunia.com/advisories/38643
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2000
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465
https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240

History

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Subscriptions

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-02-10T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:08:37.997Z

Reserved: 2010-02-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4638

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-02-10T02:30:00.717

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-4638

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-189

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