CVE-2011-2160

The VC-1 decoding functionality in FFmpeg before 0.5.4, as used in MPlayer and other products, does not properly restrict read operations, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted VC-1 file, a related issue to CVE-2011-0723.

Published: 2011-05-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-2160 is rated Moderate Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2160

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.75% 1.70% +0.94%
2 2025-06-24 0.73% 0.75% +0.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.73% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2160

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2160

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-2160

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-2160 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ffmpeg), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2160
ubuntu low CVE-2011-2160 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (ffmpeg, ffmpeg-extra, libav, libav-extra), 24 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): DNE 12, not-affected 6, released 4, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2160

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2160

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ffmpeg ffmpeg <= 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayerhq mplayer — cpe:2.3:a:mplayerhq:mplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2160

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