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CVE-2005-4048 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558 CVE, MITRE
http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17892 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18066 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18087 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18107 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18400 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18739 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18746 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19114 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19192 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19272 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19279 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg CVE, MITRE
http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-4048
NVD Published Date:
12/07/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE