CVE-2011-3973 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted CAVS video file, impacting applications using the FFmpeg library.
- 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-2011-3973?
CVE-2011-3973 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 2 Oct 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3973?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2011-3973?
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-2011-3973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3973, GHSA-v2j8-vr47-x5g5.