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Case File

CVE-2005-4048

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.21%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-12-07 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2005-4048
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.21%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer function (utils.c) in FFmpeg libavcodec 0.4.9-pre1 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) mplayer, (2) xine-lib, (3) Xmovie, and (4) GStreamer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via small PNG images with palettes.