Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU110611

Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2009-4638

Published: May 4, 2010 / Updated: June 8, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU110611

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-4638

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net

Affected software:
FFmpeg

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Integer overflow in FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

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