CVE-2011-3974 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2011-3974?

CVE-2011-3974 is a medium-severity 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

Integer signedness error in the decode_residual_inter function in 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3362.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-3974?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3974?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2011-3974 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-3974 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

• CVE-2013-0864 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0872 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-0873 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-4265 Null dereference in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-3937 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Ffmpeg Ffmpeg vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3974, GHSA-7678-79q4-rmhw.