Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-4637 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Ffmpeg 0.5

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
ffmpeg
CWE-119
critical
nessus
exploit available

Summary

FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Ffmpeg
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Exploit-Db

descriptionFFmpeg Version 0.5 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-4637 . Dos exploit for linux platform
idEDB-ID:33233
last seen2016-02-03
modified2009-09-21
published2009-09-21
reporterWill Dormann
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/33233/
titleFFmpeg 0.5 - Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201310-12.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-12 (FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in FFmpeg. Please review the CVE identifiers and FFmpeg changelogs referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted media file, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application or a Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id70647
    published2013-10-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70647
    titleGLSA-201310-12 : FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2000.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in ffmpeg, a multimedia player, server and encoder, which also provides a range of multimedia libraries used in applications like MPlayer : Various programming errors in container and codec implementations may lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if the user is tricked into opening a malformed media file or stream. The implementations of the following affected codecs and container formats have been updated : - the Vorbis audio codec - the Ogg container implementation - the FF Video 1 codec - the MPEG audio codec - the H264 video codec - the MOV container implementation - the Oggedc container implementation
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id44864
    published2010-02-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44864
    titleDebian DSA-2000-1 : ffmpeg-debian - several vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-931-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that FFmpeg contained multiple security issues when handling certain multimedia files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted multimedia file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id45575
    published2010-04-20
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/45575
    titleUbuntu 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : ffmpeg, ffmpeg-debian vulnerabilities (USN-931-1)

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 36465 CVE ID: CVE-2009-4631,CVE-2009-4632,CVE-2009-4633,CVE-2009-4634,CVE-2009-4635,CVE-2009-4636,CVE-2009-4637,CVE-2009-4638,CVE-2009-4639,CVE-2009-4640 FFmpeg是一套对音频和视频进行解码录制转换的完整方案。 ffmpeg解析各种媒体文件时存在多个空指针引用、内存越界或死循环等漏洞,可能导致拒绝服务或执行任意代码。 1) 解析AVI、.ogv和.wmv文件时的空指针引用和0除数错误可能导致崩溃。 2) 处理.ogv文件和mjpg编码AVI文件时的错误可能导致引用无效的内存。 3) 处理iv32编码的AVI文件和.mp4文件时的堆内存破坏可能导致执行任意代码。 4) 处理.ogv文件时的错误可能触发死循环。 5) 处理h264编码的AVI文件时的错误可能触发浮点异常。 6) 解析MOV原子可能触发空指针引用。 7) AAC编码解码器中的错误可能触发越界读取。 8) mov_read_dref()函数在解析.mp4文件可能导致挂起。 9) 处理.ogv文件时的内存破坏可能导致执行任意代码。 FFmpeg 0.5 厂商补丁: FFmpeg ------ 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题,请到厂商的主页下载: http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/deps/third_party/ffmpeg/?view=log
idSSV:19159
last seen2017-11-19
modified2010-02-20
published2010-02-20
reporterRoot
sourcehttps://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-19159
titleFFmpeg多个媒体文件解析拒绝服务和代码执行漏洞