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CVE-2011-4579 Details

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."

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://ffmpeg.org/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e24b9488e67849a28e64a8056e05f83cf439229	CVE
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e24b9488e67849a28e64a8056e05f83cf439229	CVE
http://libav.org/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1	CVE
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520620	CVE
http://ffmpeg.org/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e24b9488e67849a28e64a8056e05f83cf439229	[email protected]
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e24b9488e67849a28e64a8056e05f83cf439229	[email protected]
http://libav.org/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1	[email protected]
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520620	[email protected]

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ffmpeg ffmpeg	0.5 0.5.1 0.5.2 0.5.3 0.5.4
CPE 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:0.5.5:::::::* 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:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8:::::::* 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:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
libav libav	0.5 0.5.1 0.5.2 0.5.3 0.5.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 21, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]