Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 7, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-4048
CVE-2005-4048
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.
Affected products
5Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
30- secunia.com/advisories/17892nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15743nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/18066nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18087nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18107nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18400nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18739nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18746nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19114nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19192nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19272nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19279nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2770nvdVendor Advisory
- article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26558nvd
- cvs.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-ffmpeg/ChangeLognvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1004nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1005nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-06.xmlnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-01.xmlnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-03.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-992nvd
- www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.c.diffnvd
- www1.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ffmpeg/libavcodec/utils.cnvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/230-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/230-2/nvd
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