Heap-based buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2005-4048
Published: December 7, 2005 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110558
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: []
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-4048
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in 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,. A remote attacker can use small PNG images with palettes. to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
FFmpeg
Gentoo Linux
media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg
media-libs/xine-lib
media-video/ffmpeg
Gentoo Linux
media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg
media-libs/xine-lib
media-video/ffmpeg
How to mitigate CVE-2005-4048
Install update from vendor's website.
media-plugins/gst-plugins-ffmpeg - update to 0.8.7-r1
media-libs/xine-lib - update to 1.1.1-r3
media-video/ffmpeg - update to 2.8.6
media-libs/xine-lib - update to 1.1.1-r3
media-video/ffmpeg - update to 2.8.6
External References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558
- http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18087
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18107
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18739
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19192
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19272
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19279
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770
- http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg
- http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/