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CVE-2011-3945

Published: 22 May 2012

The decode_frame function in the KVG1 decoder (kgv1dec.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 (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
ffmpeg-extra in multiverse needs to have matching version
libav-extra is built with tarball produced by libav package
code not present in ffmpeg 0.5.x

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
ffmpeg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=807a045ab7f51993a2c1b3116016cbbd4f3d20d6
ffmpeg-extra
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
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