CVE-2011-0480

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in vorbis_dec.c in the Vorbis decoder in FFmpeg, as used in Google Chrome before 8.0.552.237 and Chrome OS before 8.0.552.344, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WebM file, related to buffers for (1) the channel floor and (2) the channel residue.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.23% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory google.com Vendor Advisory chromium.org Vendor Advisory chromium.org Vendor Advisory blogspot.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/issue2548 broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2306 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-stable-release.html vendor advisory
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/122703 mailing list broken link
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610550 issue tracking third party advisory
http://codereview.chromium.org/6069005 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45788 vdb entry third party advisory
http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=13184036a6b1b1d4b61c91118c0896e9ad4634c3
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:061 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=70200 broken link
http://codereview.chromium.org/5964011 patch vendor advisory
http://www.srware.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=2054 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1104-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/70463 vdb entry broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64671 vdb entry third party advisory
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/ third party advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=68115 issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14380 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://roundup.ffmpeg.org/issue2550 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42951 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-0480?
CVE-2011-0480 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-0480?
To fix CVE-2011-0480, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-0480 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-0480 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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