9.3

CVE-2011-2160: ffmpeg Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-2160
Published 20-05-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2160 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 1.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2306-1

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The VC-1 decoding functionality in FFmpeg before 0.5.4, as used in MPlayer and other products, does not properly restrict read operations, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted VC-1 file, a related issue to CVE-2011-0723.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.70% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ffmpeg< 7:2.4.1-1
Ffmpeg1 product
  • ffmpegEOL≤ 0.5.3 | 0.3 | 0.3.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.3.4 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.4.4 | 0.4.5 | 0.4.6 | 0.4.7 | 0.4.8 | 0.4.9:pre1 | 0.5 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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