CVE-2008-4869

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
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

FFmpeg 0.4.9, as used by MPlayer, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unknown vectors, aka a "Tcp/udp memory leak."

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://secunia.com/advisories/34385
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46326
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34385
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46326

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