CVE-2011-3945
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The decode_frame function in the KVG1 decoder (kgv1dec.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.
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affected products (38)
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also known as (2)
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references (10)
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- http://ffmpeg.org/enisa_euvd
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a02e8df973f5478ec82f4c507f5b5b191a5ecb6benisa_euvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=807a045ab7f51993a2c1b3116016cbbd4f3d20d6enisa_euvd
- http://libav.org/enisa_euvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076enisa_euvd
- http://ffmpeg.org/nvd
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a02e8df973f5478ec82f4c507f5b5b191a5ecb6bnvd
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=807a045ab7f51993a2c1b3116016cbbd4f3d20d6nvd
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