| Name | CVE-2011-2161 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2306-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 628448 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg (PTS) | bullseye | 7:4.3.7-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 7:4.3.8-0+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 7:5.1.6-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 7:7.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ffmpeg | source | squeeze | 4:0.5.4-1 | DSA-2306-1 | ||
| ffmpeg | source | (unstable) | 7:2.4.1-1 | |||
| ffmpeg-debian | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| libav | source | (unstable) | 4:0.6-1 | 628448 |
https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=1c31b26b