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CVE-2006-4800
Multiple buffer overflows in libavcodec in ffmpeg before 0.4.9_p20060530 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly…
High7.5EPSS 5.3%
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- mitre
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in libavcodec in ffmpeg before 0.4.9_p20060530 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple unspecified vectors in (1) dtsdec.c, (2) vorbis.c, (3) rm.c, (4) sierravmd.c, (5) smacker.c, (6) tta.c, (7) 4xm.c, (8) alac.c, (9) cook.c, (10) shorten.c, (11) smacker.c, (12) snow.c, and (13) tta.c. NOTE: it is likely that this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-4048 and CVE-2006-2802.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (22)
- MDKSA-2006:174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 22230 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22201 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20009 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-358-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 23213 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22198 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:173 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 21921 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1215 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 22182 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22180 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133520 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-200609-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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