Code Injection in FFmpeg - cve-2011-3504

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32843

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: cve-2011-3504

CWE-ID: CWE-94

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The Matroska format decoder in FFmpeg before 0.8.3 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file.

FFmpeg
Ubuntu
ffmpeg (Alpine package)
libavformat52 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec52 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec53 (Ubuntu package)
libavformat53 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's website.

FFmpeg - update to 0.8.3
ffmpeg (Alpine package) - update to 0.6.1-r2
libavformat52 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3, 4:0.6-2ubuntu6.3, 4:0.6.4-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
libavcodec52 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3, 4:0.6-2ubuntu6.3, 4:0.6.4-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
libavcodec53 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:0.7.3-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
libavformat53 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:0.7.3-0ubuntu0.11.10.1

• http://secunia.com/advisories/45532
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/msvr/msvr11-011
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1
• http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.7.5.changelog
• http://www.ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.8.4.changelog
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076
• http://www.osvdb.org/75621

• Code Injection in ffmpeg.sourceforge.net FFmpeg
• Code Injection in ffmpeg (Alpine package)
• Ubuntu update for libav
• Ubuntu update for ffmpeg