Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2011-3935

 

Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2011-3935

Published: December 9, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42275
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3935
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The codec_get_buffer function in ffmpeg.c in FFmpeg before 0.10 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to a crafted image size.


Affected software

FFmpeg
Gentoo Linux
media-video/libav

How to mitigate CVE-2011-3935

Install update from vendor's website.

media-video/libav - update to 9.17

External References

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