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CVE-2009-4636

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted file that triggers an infinite loop.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: 0.5

References

• http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/09/patching-ffmpeg-into-shape.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36805
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38643
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2000
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:061
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:062
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:088
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:089
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:112
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:114
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1241

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