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FFmpeg: CVE-2011-3974: Numeric Errors

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FFmpeg: CVE-2011-3974: Numeric Errors

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/02/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/29/2017
Modified
10/11/2017

Description

Integer signedness error in the decode_residual_inter function in 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3362.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-0_5_5

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