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CVE-2011-3940

Published: 13 May 2012

nsvdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted NSV file that triggers "use of uninitialized streams."

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
ffmpeg-extra in multiverse needs to have matching version
libav-extra is built with tarball produced by libav package

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
ffmpeg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream
Released (0.5.9)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=5c011706bc752d34bc6ada31d7df2ca0c9af7c6b
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=8fd8a48263ff1437f9d02d7e78dc63efb9b5ed3a
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=c898431ca5ef2a997fe9388b650f658fb60783e5
ffmpeg-extra
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

libav
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

natty
Released (4:0.6.6-0ubuntu0.11.04.1)
oneiric
Released (4:0.7.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.1)
precise Not vulnerable
(4:0.8.1-0ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (0.6.6,0.7.5,0.8.1)
libav-extra
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

natty
Released
oneiric
Released
precise Not vulnerable
(4:0.8.1ubuntu1)
upstream Needs triage