SB2025060828 - Buffer overflow in FFmpeg
Published: June 8, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025060828
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4353)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The (1) av_image_fill_pointers, (2) vp5_parse_coeff, and (3) vp6_parse_coeff functions in FFmpeg 0.5.x before 0.5.7, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, 0.7.x before 0.7.9, and 0.8.x before 0.8.8; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.6, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted VP5 or VP6 stream.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://ffmpeg.org/
- http://libav.org/
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.5.6.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.6.4.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.3.changelog
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076