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CVE-2005-4048

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…

High7.5EPSS 5.2%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

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.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By mitre

  2. Published

  3. · 19 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2005-4048, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0High7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
5.2% · top 7.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

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    • affected n/a

References (30)

Sources

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