CVE-2011-2160 describes a critical vulnerability in the VC-1 decoding functionality of FFmpeg, affecting versions prior to 0.5.4, including its use in MPlayer and other products. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve significant impact, including potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, by providing a specially crafted VC-1 file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.