9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-0385
FFmpeg Fourxm NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 2, 2009, 7:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-0385 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Ffmpeg ffmpeg
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-0385.

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

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-0385 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-0385 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=72e715fb798f2cb79fd24a6d2eaeafb7c6eeda17 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=72e715fb798f2cb79fd24a6d2eaeafb7c6eeda17
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=72e715fb798f2cb79fd24a6d2eaeafb7c6eeda17 No Types Assigned http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commitdiff;h=72e715fb798f2cb79fd24a6d2eaeafb7c6eeda17 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/51643 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/51643 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33711 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/33711 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34296 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34296 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34385 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34385 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34712 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34712 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34845 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34845 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34905 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34905 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk/libavformat/4xm.c?r1=16838&r2=16846&pathrev=16846 No Types Assigned http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg/trunk/libavformat/4xm.c?r1=16838&r2=16846&pathrev=16846 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg?view=rev&revision=16846 No Types Assigned http://svn.mplayerhq.hu/ffmpeg?view=rev&revision=16846 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1781 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1782 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:297 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33502 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33502 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txt No Types Assigned http://www.trapkit.de/advisories/TKADV2009-004.txt Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-734-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0277 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0277 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00210.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00210.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00215.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00215.html Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-189
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.6.3
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/500514/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500514/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48330 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48330 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-0385 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-0385 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

49.53 }} 1.98%

score

0.97411

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability