CVE-2012-6618

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6618
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-24 20:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe av_probe_input_buffer function in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2, when running with certain -probesize values, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted MP3 file, possibly related to frame size or lack of sufficient "frames to estimate rate."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.6 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.010470000 probability, percentile 0.775930000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg 1.0 All All All
Application Ffmpeg Ffmpeg All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#1991 (ffmpeg: probesize crash) – FFmpeg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.ffmpeg.org Exploit
FFmpeg Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ffmpeg.org
article.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org
Security Advisory SA51964 - FFmpeg Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/blob - Changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.libav.org
git.videolan.org Git - ffmpeg.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.videolan.org
git.libav.org Git - libav.git/blob - Changelog MITRE git.libav.org
git.videolan.org Git - ffmpeg.git/commit MITRE git.videolan.org
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