CVE-2011-3973

FFmpeg < 0.7.4 and 0.8.x < 0.8.3 - Denial of Service via Invalid CAVS Bitstream

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

cavsdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.7.4 and 0.8.x before 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect write operation and application crash) via an invalid bitstream in a Chinese AVS video (aka CAVS) file, related to the decode_residual_block, check_for_slice, and cavs_decode_frame functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3362.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.8.4.changelog
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.7.5.changelog

Scores

EPSS 0.0138
EPSS Percentile 80.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (28)
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.1
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.2
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.3
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.3.4
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.0
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.2
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.3
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.4
ffmpeg/ffmpeg 0.4.5
... and 18 more
Published Oct 02, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026