FFmpeg up to 0.4.9 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in FFmpeg up to 0.4.9. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-4866. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in FFmpeg up to 0.4.9 (Multimedia Processing Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14715, as used by MPlayer, allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to execution of DTS generation code with a delay greater than MAX_REORDER_DELAY.

The bug was discovered 09/05/2008. The weakness was disclosed 10/31/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4866 since 10/31/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/31/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 56 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37645 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2009:013)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46322), Tenable (37645), SecurityFocus (BID 33308†), OSVDB (50261†) and Secunia (SA34296†). The entries VDB-46212, VDB-44798 and VDB-44579 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 37645
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mplayer (MDVSA-2009:013)
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OpenVAS ID: 63935
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1782-1 (mplayer)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/23/2008 🔍
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09/05/2008 +13 days 🔍
10/31/2008 +56 days 🔍
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01/15/2009 +76 days 🔍
03/17/2009 +61 days 🔍
03/23/2009 +6 days 🔍
04/23/2009 +31 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2154 days 🔍
08/31/2019 +1628 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: ffmpeg.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-4866 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4866
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44797

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X-Force: 46322
SecurityFocus: 33308 - FFmpeg File Parsing Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34296 - Ubuntu update for ffmpeg, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50261 - CVE-2008-4866 - FFmpeg - Multiple Buffer Overflow Issues
Vulnerability Center: 21356 - FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14715 Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/31/2019 09:05
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (77), 08/31/2019 09:05 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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