CVE-2009-4636

medium

Published 2010-02-10 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted file that triggers an infinite loop.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4:0.5+svn20090706-3`
sid	Fixed	`4:0.5+svn20090706-3`
forky	Fixed	`4:0.5+svn20090706-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`4:0.5+svn20090706-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`4:0.5+svn20090706-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ffmpeg	ffmpeg	`0.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.