Out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg and Libav - CVE-2011-3936

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Out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg and Libav - CVE-2011-3936

Published: August 20, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43708
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3936
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Libav
Affected software:
FFmpeg
Libav

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the libavcodec function in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11 and file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the affected application.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-3936

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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