CVE-2011-2161: Ffmpeg

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ape_read_header function in ape.c in libavformat in FFmpeg before 0.5.4, as used in MPlayer, VideoLAN VLC media player, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an APE (aka Monkey's Audio) file that contains a header but no frames.

Affected products

• Ffmpeg Ffmpeg: before 0.5.4 (fixed in 0.5.4)

Published 2011-05-20. Last modified 2026-06-16.