CVE-2008-4868 in FFmpeg

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14787, as used by MPlayer, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a free "on random pointers."

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• Reservation: 10/31/2008
• Disclosure: 10/31/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-44799
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 10.0
• EPSS: 0.00728
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4868
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4868
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-4868/