CVE-2010-4704 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash FFmpeg applications by providing a crafted Ogg file, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-4704?
CVE-2010-4704 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 22 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
libavcodec/vorbis_dec.c in the Vorbis decoder in FFmpeg 0.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted .ogg file, related to the vorbis_floor0_decode function. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-0480.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4704?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4704?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-4704 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4704 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-4704, GHSA-fcg6-56gf-f98f.