CVE-2008-4868

critical

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14787, as used by MPlayer, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a free "on random pointers."

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46325

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/34385

http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016136.html

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-01

Updated: 2025-04-09

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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H