CVE-2009-4637

critical

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

10.0

Description

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.

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-33233 dos linux verified

Will Dormann · 2009-09-21

FFmpeg 0.5 - Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

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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-119

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

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