CVE-2011-2161

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/Vendor Advisory
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/1103-exploits/vlc105-dos.txtBroken Link
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8312e3fc9041027a33c8bc667bb99740fdf41dd5Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/Vendor Advisory
http://packetstorm.linuxsecurity.com/1103-exploits/vlc105-dos.txtBroken Link
https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/8312e3fc9041027a33c8bc667bb99740fdf41dd5Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 20, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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