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TI-2008-04624 Aliases CVE-2008-4867GHSA-x2vw-xfxf-2fwh

Buffer overflow in libavcodec/dca.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14917, as used by MPlayer…

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Buffer overflow in libavcodec/dca.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14917, as used by MPlayer, allows context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to an incorrect DCA_MAX_FRAME_SIZE value.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02377 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.4.9VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.1VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.2VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.3VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.4VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.0VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.2VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.3VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.4VulnerableFFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.4.9 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.1 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.2 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.3 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.4 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.0 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.2 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.3 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.4 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.5VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.6VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.7VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.8VulnerableFFmpeg
cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMplayer
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.5 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.6 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.7 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.8 Vulnerable ·FFmpeg
  • cpe:2.3:a:mplayer:mplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Mplayer

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-4867
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x2vw-xfxf-2fwh

References

Advisory 5

Other 3

  • TI-2025-19015 FFmpeg git-master before commit d5873b was discovered to contain a memory leak in the component libavutil/iamf.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-21238 FFmpeg 7.0 contains a heap-buffer-overflow at libavfilter/vf_tiltandshift.c:189:5 in copy_column. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2023-06050 Ffmpeg: null pointer dereference in ffmpeg hls parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-28420 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Ffmpeg v.N113007-g8d24a28d06 allows a local attacker to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2023-27357 FFmpeg v.n6.1-3-g466799d4f5 allows a heap-based buffer overflow via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2023-27044 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg version n6.1-3-g466799d4f5, allows a local… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
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