CVE-2012-0858

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0858
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-20 18:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Shorten codec (shorten.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Shorten file, related to an "invalid free".

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.7.1 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.7.11 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.7.2 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.7.6 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.7.7 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.7.8 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.7.9 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.8.10 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.8.5 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.8.6 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.8.7 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 0.8.8 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5.1 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5.2 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5.3 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5.4 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5.5 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5.6 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.5.7 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.6 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.6.1 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.6.2 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.6.3 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.6.4 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.6.5 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.7 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.7.1 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.7.2 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.7.3 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.7.4 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.8 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.8 beta2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1479-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Libav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libav.org Vendor Advisory
git.videolan.org Git - ffmpeg.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.videolan.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Requests for FFmpeg 0.9.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
FFmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ffmpeg.org Vendor Advisory
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.libav.org
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/commitdiff MITRE git.libav.org
git.videolan.org Git - ffmpeg.git/commitdiff MITRE git.videolan.org
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