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ffmpeg, mplayer — security advisory
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.
- Products
- ffmpeg, mplayer
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.svn20080206-14, 1.0~rc2-14
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-4866
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4866
ffmpeg
Fixed versions: 0.svn20080206-14
ffmpeg
Fixed versions: 0.svn20080206-14
ffmpeg
Fixed versions: 0.svn20080206-14
mplayer
Fixed versions: 1.0~rc2-14
mplayer
Fixed versions: 1.0~rc2-14
mplayer
Fixed versions: 1.0~rc2-14
Complete source record
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