PT-2012-2913 · FFmpeg · Ffmpeg

Kurt Seifried · Published 2012-08-20 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2012-0857

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/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 multiple buffer overflows in the get qcx function in the J2K decoder (j2kdec.c) in libavcode. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.9.1, update to version 0.9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-0857

Affected Products

Ffmpeg

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0857 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78927 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/11 · Note
• http://ffmpeg.org/security.html · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4 · Note