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CVE-2011-2161

Date: October 3, 2022

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-2161
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8312e3fc9041027a33c8bc667bb99740fdf41dd5
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/1103-exploits/vlc105-dos.txt
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2161
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2161
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2161

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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