Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-3940
CVE-2011-3940
Description
nsvdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and write) via a crafted NSV file that triggers "use of uninitialized streams."
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35cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=0.7,<0.7.12; >=0.8,<0.8.11
cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.8:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=0.5,<0.5.9; >=0.6,<0.6.6; >=0.7,<0.7.5; >=0.8,<0.8.1
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