Is CVE-2009-0385 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0385 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0385?

CVE-2009-0385 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-0385

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 6.7% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0389)
Published: February 2, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0389 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
ffmpeg / ffmpeg

References

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)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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