{"id":"CVE-2008-4868","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-4868","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:38.813Z","title":"Unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14787, as used by MPlayer, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a free \"on random pointers.\"","description":"Unspecified vulnerability in the avcodec_close function in libavcodec/utils.c in FFmpeg 0.4.9 before r14787, as used by MPlayer, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a free \"on random pointers.\"","published":"2008-11-01T00:00:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:58:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["ffmpeg/ffmpeg"],"epss":{"score":0.02303,"percentile":0.83206,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016136.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34385","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46325","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-09/0103.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-cvslog/2008-August/016136.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34385","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-33.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/6","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46325","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4868","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}