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CVE-2006-4800

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4800 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the libavcodec component of FFmpeg versions prior to 0.4.9_p20060530. These flaws, found in various codec implementations, could allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0490 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/21921
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22180
secunia.com / advisories/22181
secunia.com / advisories/22182
secunia.com / advisories/22198
secunia.com / advisories/22200
secunia.com / advisories/22201
secunia.com / advisories/22202
secunia.com / advisories/22203
secunia.com / advisories/22230
secunia.com / advisories/23010
secunia.com / advisories/23213
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200609-09.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
securityfocus.com / bid/20009
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-358-1
us.debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1215