CVE-2011-2161

NameCVE-2011-2161
DescriptionThe ape_read_header function in ape.c in libavformat in FFmpeg before 0.5.4, as used in MPlayer, VideoLAN VLC media player, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an APE (aka Monkey's Audio) file that contains a header but no frames.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2306-1
Debian Bugs628448

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ffmpeg (PTS)stretch (security)7:3.2.18-0+deb9u1fixed
stretch (lts), stretch7:3.2.19-0+deb9u5fixed
buster, buster (lts)7:4.1.11-0+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)7:4.1.11-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie7:7.1-3fixed
libav (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6:11.12-1~deb8u9fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ffmpegsourcesqueeze4:0.5.4-1DSA-2306-1
ffmpegsource(unstable)7:2.4.1-1
ffmpeg-debiansource(unstable)(unfixed)end-of-life
libavsource(unstable)4:0.6-1628448

Notes

https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=1c31b26b

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