CVE-2009-4637
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 17.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 17.4% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4602)
- 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-2009-4602 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://secunia.com/advisories/39482
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2000
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36465
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-931-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0935
- https://roundup.ffmpeg.org/roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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