MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in the Sierra VMD decoder in libavcodec 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VMD file, related to corrupted streams
Published Aug 20, 2012
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.60%
Description
Buffer overflow in the Sierra VMD decoder in libavcodec 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VMD file, related to corrupted streams.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 0.5
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.7.5
- 0.7.6
- 0.7.7
- 0.7.8
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
Configuration 2
OR
- 0.5
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.7
- 0.7
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.60% 0.04599
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04599
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.60% (0.04599) | 91.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.02% (0.05019) | 91.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02285) | 83.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.44% (0.03443) | 78.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02285) | 83.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.33% (0.02333) | 90.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 87.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01118) | 84.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00948) | 82.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 83.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 1.50% (0.01498) | 86.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 1.71% (0.01707) | 87.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.33% (0.02333) | 88.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.20% (0.02197) | 87.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (12)
- http://ffmpeg.org/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://libav.org/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.5.6.changelog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.6.4.changelog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.3.changelog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ffmpeg.org/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://libav.org/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.5.6.changelog | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.6.4.changelog | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.3.changelog | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Aug 20, 2012
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Nov 4, 2011
Link CVE-2011-4364
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a