Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2010-4705
Published: January 23, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45420
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4705
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Integer overflow in the vorbis_residue_decode_internal function in libavcodec/vorbis_dec.c in the Vorbis decoder in FFmpeg, possibly 0.6, has unspecified impact and remote attack vectors, related to the sizes of certain integer data types. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-0480.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4705
Install update from vendor's website.