CVE-2011-3940 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-3940

nsvdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x...

Vulnerability Description

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."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ffmpeg, libav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.6, 0.7.7, 0.7.8, 0.7.9, 0.7.11, 0.8.5, 0.8.6, 0.8.7, 0.8.8, 0.8.10, 0.5, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.5.4, 0.5.5, 0.5.6, 0.5.7, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.7, 0.7.3, 0.7.4, 0.8

Timeline

Official Publish: August 20th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.