| Name | CVE-2008-4868 |
| Description | Unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14787, as used by MPlayer, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a free "on random pointers." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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, trixie | 2:1.5+svn38638-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- ffmpeg <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
- ffmpeg-debian <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - ffmpeg <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - mplayer <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - kino <not-affected> (Does not ship ffmpeg)
[etch] - gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)