CVE-2009-4631 (GCVE-0-2009-4631)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-10 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:08
VLAI
Summary
Off-by-one error in the VP3 decoder (vp3.c) in FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VP3 file that triggers an out-of-bounds read and possibly memory corruption.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/36805 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240 x_refsource_MISC
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/09/pa… x_refsource_MISC
https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1483 x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/38643 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2000 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2009-09-22 00:00
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