DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4868

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4868
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4868.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4868
Upstream
Published
2008-11-01T00:00:01Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:55Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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."

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / mplayer

Package

Name
mplayer
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mplayer?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0~rc2-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4868.json"

Debian:13 / mplayer

Package

Name
mplayer
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mplayer?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0~rc2-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4868.json"

Debian:14 / mplayer

Package

Name
mplayer
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mplayer?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0~rc2-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4868.json"