CVE-2009-4637 (GCVE-0-2009-4637)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-10 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:08
VLAI
Summary
FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/39482 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240 x_refsource_MISC
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/09/pa… 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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-931-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0935 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2009-09-22 00:00
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