4.3

CVE-2011-2161: ffmpeg Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-2161
Published 20-05-2011Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-2161 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.23%
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. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The 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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.23%

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

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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