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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 2, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2011-3973

CVE-2011-3973

Description

cavsdec.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.7.4 and 0.8.x before 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect write operation and application crash) via an invalid bitstream in a Chinese AVS video (aka CAVS) file, related to the decode_residual_block, check_for_slice, and cavs_decode_frame functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3362.

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Affected products

29
  • FFmpeg/Ffmpeg29 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 28 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.7.3
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <0.7.4, <0.8.3

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