CVE-2012-0947

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0947
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-20 18:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size.

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-119 | 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 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 beta1 All All
Application Libav Libav 0.7 beta2 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 0.7.5 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.8 All All All
Application Libav Libav 0.8 beta2 All All
Application Libav Libav 0.8.1 All 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
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2471-1 ffmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
FFmpeg libavcodec 'vqavideo.c' '.vaq' File Heap Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Libav af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libav.org
oss-security - Security issue in libav/ffmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.libav.org
Bug #980963 “Heap-based Buffer Overflow in libavcodec” : Bugs : libav package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/commit MITRE git.libav.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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