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CVE-2011-3973 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bd968d260aef322fb32e254a3de0d2036c57bd56 CVE
http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.7.5.changelog CVE
http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.8.4.changelog CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074 CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075 CVE

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ffmpeg ffmpeg
<= 0.7.3
0.3
0.3.1
0.3.2
0.3.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-3973
NVD Published Date:
Oct 2, 2011
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-3973 Details - Not Deferred