CVE-2008-4868

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16

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."

Affected products

FFmpeg: through 0.4.9; 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.4.0 (+7)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016136.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34385
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46325
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html
http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016136.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34385
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46325

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