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FKIE_CVE-2009-0385

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-02-02 19:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:04
Severity
Summary
Integer signedness error in the fourxm_read_header function in libavformat/4xm.c in FFmpeg before revision 16846 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed 4X movie file with a large current_track value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=72e715fb798f2cb79fd24a6d2eaeafb7c6eeda17
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/51643Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33711Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34296Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34385Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34712Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34845Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34905Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk/libavformat/4xm.c?r1=16838&r2=16846&pathrev=16846Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg?view=rev&revision=16846Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33502Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txtThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0277Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00210.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00215.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=72e715fb798f2cb79fd24a6d2eaeafb7c6eeda17
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/51643Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33711Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34296Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34385Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34712Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34845Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34905Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk/libavformat/4xm.c?r1=16838&r2=16846&pathrev=16846Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg?view=rev&revision=16846Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33502Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txtThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0277Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00210.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00215.htmlThird Party Advisory

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