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CVE-2011-3947

Published: 13 May 2012

Buffer overflow in mjpegbdec.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 MJPEG-B file.

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=b57d262412204e54a7ef8fa1b23ff4dcede622e5

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)
Patches:

upstream: http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=b57d262412204e54a7ef8fa1b23ff4dcede622e5
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