CVE-2011-2161
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-05-20 22:00
Modified
2024-09-17 00:01
Severity ?
Summary
The ape_read_header function in ape.c in libavformat in FFmpeg before 0.5.4, as used in MPlayer, VideoLAN VLC media player, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an APE (aka Monkey's Audio) file that contains a header but no frames.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/1103-exploits/vlc105-dos.txtBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8312e3fc9041027a33c8bc667bb99740fdf41dd5Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/1103-exploits/vlc105-dos.txtBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8312e3fc9041027a33c8bc667bb99740fdf41dd5Patch, Third Party Advisory
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