CVE-2005-4048 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2005-4048: Heap-based buffer overflow in the avcodec_default_get_buffer function (utils.c) in FFmpeg libavcodec 0.4.9-pre1 and earlier, as used in products such as (1) mplayer, (2) xine-lib, (3) Xmovie, and (4) GStreamer, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via small PNG images with palettes.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 6 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2005-4048 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ffmpeg→ fixed in0.cvs20050918-5.1urgency: medium
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ffmpeg
```
vlc→ fixed in0.8.4.debian-2urgency: medium
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vlc
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ffmpeg→ fixed in0.cvs20050918-5.1urgency: medium
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ffmpeg
```
vlc→ fixed in0.8.4.debian-2urgency: medium
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vlc
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

ffmpeg→ fixed in0.cvs20050918-5.1urgency: medium
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y ffmpeg
```
vlc→ fixed in0.8.4.debian-2urgency: medium
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y vlc
```

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