PT-2012-2907 · FFmpeg+1 · Ffmpeg+1

Kurt Seifried · Published 2012-08-20 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-0851

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FFmpeg versions prior to 0.9.1 Libav versions 0.5.x through 0.5.8 Libav versions 0.6.x through 0.6.5 Libav versions 0.7.x through 0.7.5 Libav versions 0.8.x through 0.8.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to application crashes, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 file. This is related to the chroma format idc value in the ff h264 decode seq parameter set function.

Recommendations For FFmpeg versions prior to 0.9.1, update to version 0.9.1 or later. For Libav versions 0.5.x through 0.5.8, update to version 0.5.9 or later. For Libav versions 0.6.x through 0.6.5, update to version 0.6.6 or later. For Libav versions 0.7.x through 0.7.5, update to version 0.7.6 or later. For Libav versions 0.8.x through 0.8.2, update to version 0.8.3 or later.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0851

DSA-2494-1

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

Libav

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0851 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0851 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0851 · Security Note
• http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/758 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2494 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://libav.org · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0851 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7fff64e00d886fde11d61958888c82b461cf99b9 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78933 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4 · Note
• http://ffmpeg.org/security.html · Note