6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2011-1931
Sunplus SP5X JPEG decoder Heap Buffer Overflow
Description

sp5xdec.c in the Sunplus SP5X JPEG decoder in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.6.3 and libav through 0.6.2, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.9 and earlier and other products, performs a write operation outside the bounds of an unspecified array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AMV file.

INFO

Published Date :

July 7, 2011, 9:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:27 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1931 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ffmpeg ffmpeg
2 Ffmpeg libavcodec
1 Videolan vlc_media_player
1 Libav libav

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624339
    Added Reference http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f903b3d5ec38c9c5d90fba7e626fa0eda61a32
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8299
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517706
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47602
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f903b3d5ec38c9c5d90fba7e626fa0eda61a32 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=89f903b3d5ec38c9c5d90fba7e626fa0eda61a32
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.99 }} -0.18%

score

0.88612

percentile

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