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CVE-2009-4637

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4637 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in FFmpeg version 0.5, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are noted, an ExploitDB entry exists, and despite its age and lack of recent community discussion or media coverage, its high FAUCET Risk Score indicates its inherent danger.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33233 · Sep 21, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1704 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com / 2009/09/patching-ffmpeg-into-shape.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/36805
secunia.com / advisories/38643
secunia.com / advisories/39482
roundup.ffmpeg.org / roundup/ffmpeg/issue1240
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2000
securityfocus.com / bid/36465
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-931-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0935