CVE-2011-3944 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause unspecified impacts, likely code execution or crashes, by tricking users into processing crafted Smacker media files with FFmpeg.
- 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-2011-3944?
CVE-2011-3944 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 9 Dec 2013. 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
The smacker_decode_header_tree function in libavcodec/smacker.c in FFmpeg before 0.10 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted Smacker data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3944?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3944?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2011-3944 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3944 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3944, GHSA-8rm9-ph3p-x36x.