CVE-2011-3973

Published Oct 2, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
cavsdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.7.4 and 0.8.x before 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect write operation and application crash) via an invalid bitstream in a Chinese AVS video (aka CAVS) file, related to the decode_residual_block, check_for_slice, and cavs_decode_frame functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3362.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2336-1 ffmpeg security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3926 cavsdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.7.4 and 0.8.x before 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect write operation and application crash) via an invalid bitstream in a Chinese AVS video (aka CAVS) file, related to the decode_residual_block, check_for_slice, and cavs_decode_frame functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3362.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:53 PM
Reserved
Oct 2, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 2, 2011, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM