CVE-2011-1931
sp5xdec.c in the Sunplus SP5X JPEG decoder in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.6.3 and libav through 0.6.2, as used in VideoLAN VLC media…
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- redhat
Description
sp5xdec.c in the Sunplus SP5X JPEG decoder in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.6.3 and libav through 0.6.2, as used in VideoLAN VLC media player 1.1.9 and earlier and other products, performs a write operation outside the bounds of an unspecified array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed AMV file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 59 days later
· 59 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624339 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20110427 NGS00068 Patch Notification: LibAVCodec AMV Out of Array Write (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=89f903b3d5ec38c9c5d90fba7e626fa0eda61a32 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 8299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 47602 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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