CVE-2011-2161

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2161
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-20 22:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/1103-exploits/vlc105-dos.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com Broken Link
FFmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu Vendor Advisory
Do not attempt to decode APE file with no frames · FFmpeg/FFmpeg@8312e3f · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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