Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2011-4353
Published: August 20, 2012 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43686
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4353
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The (1) av_image_fill_pointers, (2) vp5_parse_coeff, and (3) vp6_parse_coeff functions in FFmpeg 0.5.x before 0.5.7, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, 0.7.x before 0.7.9, and 0.8.x before 0.8.8; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.6, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted VP5 or VP6 stream.
Affected software
FFmpeg
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4353
Install update from vendor's website.
FFmpeg - addressed in versions 0.5.7, 0.6.4, 0.7.9, 0.8.8
External References
- http://ffmpeg.org/
- http://libav.org/
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.5.6.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.6.4.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.3.changelog
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1
- 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