# CVE-2010-3429: flicvideo.c in libavcodec 0.6 and earlier in FFmpeg, as used in MPlayer and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary cod

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-09-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

flicvideo.c in libavcodec 0.6 and earlier in FFmpeg, as used in MPlayer and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted flic file, related to an "arbitrary offset dereference vulnerability."

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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:088
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/28/4
- http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16c592155f117ccd7b86006c45aacc692a81c23b
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:061
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:062
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:112
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43323
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1104-1/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2518
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:089
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2517
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2165
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1241
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:060
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41626
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=635775
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-004.html

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