CVE-2009-0385

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    CVE-2009-0385

    Published: 2 Feb 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/33711, http://secunia.com/advisories/34296, http://secunia.com/advisories/34385, http://secunia.com/advisories/34712, http://secunia.com/advisories/34845, http://secunia.com/advisories/34905, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33502, http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txt, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0277, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00210.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00215.html, http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=72e715fb798f2cb79fd24a6d2eaeafb7c6eeda17, http://osvdb.org/51643, http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk/libavformat/4xm.c?r1=16838&r2=16846&pathrev=16846, http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg?view=rev&revision=16846

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High