CVE-2011-0723

Published: May 20, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-399

NVD MITRE

6.8CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

FFmpeg 0.5.x, as used in MPlayer and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed VC-1 file.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

n/a n/a

ffmpeg ffmpeg

Library

OSS Libraries / generic-library

mplayer mplayer

On-prem

Consumer Software / media-player

ffmpegoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka libavcodec

mplayeross-projectConsumer Softwareaka mplayer, unix-mplayer

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2306

debian.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:061

mandriva.com

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:062

mandriva.com

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Timeline

Published

May 20, 2011

Last Updated

Apr 29, 2026

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