CVE-2009-4631
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 5.1%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the VP3 decoder (vp3.c) in FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VP3 file that triggers an out-of-bounds read and possibly memory corruption.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.1% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4596)
- Published
- February 10, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4596 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ffmpeg / ffmpeg
References
- http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2009/09/patching-ffmpeg-into-shape.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38643
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2000
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465
- https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240
- https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1483
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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