PT-2012-2905 · FFmpeg · Ffmpeg

Kurt Seifried · Published 2012-08-27 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2012-0849

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg versions prior to 0.9.1

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the ff j2k dwt init function, which can be triggered by a crafted JPEG2000 image. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in a segmentation fault and application crash.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.1, update to version 0.9.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the processing of JPEG2000 images to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0849

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

References · 7

• http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/776 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0849 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/11 · Note
• http://ffmpeg.org/security.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78935 · Note
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1f99939a6361e2e6d6788494dd7c682b051c6c34 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4 · Note