| Name | CVE-2008-4866 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; oss-sec, fulldisc, OSVDB, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, more) |
| References | DSA-1782-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 504977 |
| Debian/oldstable | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/stable | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/testing | not vulnerable. |
| Debian/unstable | not vulnerable. |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | squeeze (security), squeeze | 4:0.5.10-1 | fixed |
| squeeze (lts) | 4:0.5.10-1+deb6u1 | fixed | |
| sid | 7:2.5.4-1 | fixed | |
| gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (PTS) | squeeze | 0.10.10-1 | fixed |
| wheezy, sid | 0.10.13-5 | fixed | |
| kino (PTS) | squeeze | 1.3.4-1 | fixed |
| wheezy | 1.3.4-1.3 | fixed | |
| jessie, sid | 1.3.4-2.1 | fixed | |
| mplayer (PTS) | squeeze | 2:1.0~rc3++final.dfsg1-1 | fixed |
| wheezy | 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1 | fixed | |
| wheezy (security) | 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1+deb7u1 | fixed |
The information above is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 0.svn20080206-14 | high | ||
| ffmpeg | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| ffmpeg-debian | source | (unstable) | 0.svn20080206-14 | high | 504977 | |
| gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 0.10.3-2 | high | ||
| gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| kino | source | (unstable) | 1.0.0-1 | high | ||
| kino | source | etch | (not affected) | |||
| mplayer | source | (unstable) | 1.0~rc2-14 | high | ||
| mplayer | source | etch | 1.0~rc1-12etch7 | high | DSA-1782-1 |
[etch] - ffmpeg <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - kino <not-affected> (Does not ship ffmpeg)
[etch] - gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)