HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0385

Ffmpeg vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.7%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Integer signedness error in the fourxm_read_header function in libavformat/4xm.c in FFmpeg before revision 16846 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed 4X movie file with a large current_track value, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected vendor
Ffmpeg
Affected product
Ffmpeg
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2009-02-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Ffmpeg Ffmpeg is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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