CVE-2011-3940Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ffmpeg

Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 20
Latest updateMay 17

Description

nsvdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted NSV file that triggers "use of uninitialized streams."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages4 packages

debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:2.4.1-1 (bookworm)
Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.4.1-1+3
NVDlibav/libav20 versions+19
NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg12 versions+11

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xwfp-hmj5-wfj5: nsvdec2022-05-17
OSV
CVE-2011-3940: nsvdec2012-08-20

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities2012-06-18
Ubuntu
Libav vulnerabilities2012-06-18
Debian
CVE-2011-3940: ffmpeg - nsvdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, an...2011