--- title: "CVE-2008-4868\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4868?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-4868 Publication date 1 November 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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." [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4868?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | ffmpeg | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release | | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | ffmpeg-debian | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release | | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | kino | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected | | mplayer | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | xmovie | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release | | 11.04 natty | Not in release | | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) * [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4868?format=md#patch-details) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) Code in ffmpeg in gutsy, hardy, intrepid and jaunty doesn't free, so not vulnerable. kino is built with --disable-local-ffmpeg, so it's not vulnerable ### Patch details For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) | Package | Patch details | | --- | --- | | ffmpeg | * Introduced by [http://](https://git.kernel.org/linus/http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg;a=commit;h=03bbae75cfbdac8012251eceb5748430f34c83d9), fixed by [-](https://git.kernel.org/linus/-) * Break-fix: * Upstream: * Upstream: * Upstream: * Upstream: | ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4868) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4868) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4868) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4868) ### Other references *