PT-2008-6047 · FFmpeg · Ffmpeg

Published 2008-10-31 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4869

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 version 0.4.9

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically memory consumption, via unknown vectors. This is also referred to as a "Tcp/udp memory leak."

Recommendations For FFmpeg version 0.4.9, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk of memory consumption denial of service attacks.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4869

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

References · 7

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4869 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34385 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46326 · Note