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CVE-2006-4799Buffer overflow in ffmpeg for xine-lib before 1.1.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in ffmpeg for xine-lib before 1.1.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI file and "bad indexes", a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4048 and CVE-2006-2802.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (13 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.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- GLSA-200609-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 22230 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-358-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 23213 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://xinehq.de/index.php/news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1215 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-4786 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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