| Name | CVE-2006-4800 |
| Description | Multiple buffer overflows in libavcodec in ffmpeg before 0.4.9_p20060530 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple unspecified vectors in (1) dtsdec.c, (2) vorbis.c, (3) rm.c, (4) sierravmd.c, (5) smacker.c, (6) tta.c, (7) 4xm.c, (8) alac.c, (9) cook.c, (10) shorten.c, (11) smacker.c, (12) snow.c, and (13) tta.c. NOTE: it is likely that this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4048 and CVE-2006-2802. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1215 |
| Debian Bugs | 401304, 401311 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | bullseye | 7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 7:7.1-3 | fixed | |
| mplayer (PTS) | bullseye | 2:1.4+ds1-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:1.5+svn38408-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:1.5+svn38542-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 0.cvs20060329-1 | |||
| gst-ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 0.8.7-7 | medium | 401304 | |
| gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 0.10.1-3 | medium | 401311 | |
| mplayer | source | (unstable) | 1.0~rc1-1 | |||
| xine-lib | source | sarge | 1.0.1-1sarge4 | DSA-1215 | ||
| xine-lib | source | (unstable) | 1.1.2-1 | |||
| xmovie | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
according to the changelog, libxine (starting from 1.1.2-4) links dynamically against ffmpeg