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CVE-2011-3952

Published: 22 May 2012

The decode_init function in kmvc.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.10 and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large palette size in a KMVC encoded file.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
ffmpeg-extra in multiverse needs to have matching version
libav-extra is built with tarball produced by libav package
as of 2012-05-29, doesn't seem to be fixed in libav 0.7
as of 2012-05-29, doesn't seem to be fixed in ffmpeg 0.5.x

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 Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=386741f887714d3e46c9e8fe577e326a7964037b

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 (0.8.1,0.6.6)
Patches:

upstream: http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=386741f887714d3e46c9e8fe577e326a7964037b
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