Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in KVG1 Decoder in FFmpeg and Libav

CVE-2011-3945 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The decode_frame function in the KVG1 decoder (kgv1dec.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 (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted media file.

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