CVE-2011-4579 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Ffmpeg

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.53%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
FfmpegDebian FfmpegLibav
Timeline
PublishedAug 20
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The svq1_decode_frame function in the SVQ1 decoder (svq1dec.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.5.x before 0.5.7, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, 0.7.x before 0.7.9, and 0.8.x before 0.8.8; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.6, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted SVQ1 stream, related to "dimensions changed."

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/ffmpeg< ffmpeg 7:2.4.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianffmpeg/ffmpeg< 7:2.4.1-1+3
▶NVDlibav/libav15 versions+14
▶NVDffmpeg/ffmpeg22 versions+21

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-pj2p-3xg2-cf68: The svq1_decode_frame function in the SVQ1 decoder (svq1dec↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2011-4579: The svq1_decode_frame function in the SVQ1 decoder (svq1dec↗2012-08-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Libav vulnerabilities↗2012-01-17
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Ubuntu
FFmpeg vulnerabilities↗2012-01-05
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Debian
CVE-2011-4579: ffmpeg - The svq1_decode_frame function in the SVQ1 decoder (svq1dec.c) in libavcodec in ...↗2011
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