CVE-2011-1931

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2011-07-07

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Ffmpeg (Ffmpeg)
• Libav (Libav)
• Vlc Media Player (Videolan)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624339
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f903b3d5ec38c9c5d90fba7e626fa0eda61a32
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8299
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517706
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47602