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CVE-2011-0723

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-05-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

• FFmpeg: 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.5.4
• Mplayer: all versions

References

• http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2306
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:061
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:062
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:089
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:112
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:114
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47151
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1104-1/
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1241
• http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2306

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