CVE-2011-2162

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FFmpeg 0.4.x through 0.6.x, as used in MPlayer 1.0 and other products, in Mandriva Linux 2009.0, 2010.0, and 2010.1; Corporate Server 4.0 (aka CS4.0); and Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 (aka MES5) have unknown impact and attack vectors, related to issues "originally discovered by Google Chrome developers."

Published: 2011-05-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-2162 is rated High Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.32%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-2162

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 0.99% 2.32% +1.34%
2 2025-03-30 2.25% 0.99% -1.26%
3 2025-03-29 2.25%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-2162

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-2162

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-2162

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2011-2162 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-2011-2162
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-2162 medium 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, ignored 8, needs-triage 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2162

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-2162

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mplayerhq mplayer 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mplayerhq:mplayer:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandriva corporate_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:corporate_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandriva enterprise_server 5 cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:enterprise_server:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandriva linux 2009.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2009.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandriva linux 2010.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2010.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandriva linux 2010.1 cpe:2.3:o:mandriva:linux:2010.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-2162

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