CVE-2005-4048

CVE Descriptions

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.

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID	Weakness Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Metrics

Metrics	Score	Severity	CVSS Vector	Source
V2	7.5		AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

EPSS is a scoring model that predicts the likelihood of a vulnerability being exploited.

EPSS Score

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	4.36%	–	–
2022-04-03	–	–	4.36%	–	–
2022-09-25	–	–	4.36%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	1.24%	–
2023-05-07	–	–	–	1.52%	–
2023-09-17	–	–	–	1.52%	–
2023-09-24	–	–	–	1.52%	–
2023-10-01	–	–	–	1.52%	–
2024-02-11	–	–	–	1.52%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	1.52%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	1.52%	–
2024-11-17	–	–	–	1.09%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	2.54%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	2.54%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	5.92%
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	5.92,%

EPSS Percentile

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

EPSS First.org

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	71%
2022-04-03	87%
2022-09-25	88%
2023-03-12	83%
2023-05-07	85%
2023-09-17	86%
2023-09-24	85%
2023-10-01	86%
2024-02-11	87%
2024-06-02	87%
2024-06-02	87%
2024-11-17	85%
2024-12-22	9%
2025-01-19	9%
2025-03-18	9%
2025-03-18	9%

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.6

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.6 (Open CPE detail)

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.7

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.7 (Open CPE detail)

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.8

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.8 (Open CPE detail)

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.9

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version 0.4.9 (Open CPE detail)

Ffmpeg>>Ffmpeg >> Version cvs

References

http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xml
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:229
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:232
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA

http://secunia.com/advisories/19272
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN

http://secunia.com/advisories/19114
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xml
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO

http://secunia.com/advisories/18087
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c?rev=1.162&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=FFMpeg
Tags : x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLog?rev=1.239&view=markup
Tags : x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://secunia.com/advisories/18400
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:230
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xml
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO

http://secunia.com/advisories/17892
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://secunia.com/advisories/18746
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:228
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA

http://secunia.com/advisories/19192
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558
Tags : x_refsource_MISC

https://usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:231
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004
Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN

http://secunia.com/advisories/18739
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://secunia.com/advisories/18107
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://secunia.com/advisories/19279
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID

http://secunia.com/advisories/18066
Tags : third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

http://www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diff?r1=1.161&r2=1.162&cvsroot=FFMpeg
Tags : x_refsource_CONFIRM

CVE-2005-4048 : Detail