CVE-2008-4866

critical

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14715, as used by MPlayer, allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to execution of DTS generation code with a delay greater than MAX_REORDER_DELAY.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46322

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-4845

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33308

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:015

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:013

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/34845

http://secunia.com/advisories/34385

http://secunia.com/advisories/34296

http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016012.html

http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016011.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-01

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04685