PT-2008-6044 · Mplayer+1 · Mplayer+1

Published 2008-10-31 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4866

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg versions prior to r14715 MPlayer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c, which can be exploited by context-dependent attackers. The attack vectors are related to the execution of DTS generation code with a delay greater than MAX REORDER DELAY. The impact of this issue is unknown.

Recommendations For FFmpeg versions prior to r14715, update to a version after r14715 to resolve the issue. For MPlayer, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4866

DSA-1782-1

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

Mplayer

References · 18

• 🔥 http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016011.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016012.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html · Exploit
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:013 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4866 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:015 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4866 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4866 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4866 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34845 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33308 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34296 · Note