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CVE-2012-0858

The 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".

Published

2012-08-20T18:55:02.857

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-399
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.1 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.2 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.6 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.7 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.8 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.9 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.11 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.5 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.6 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.7 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.8 Yes
Application ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.10 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5.1 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5.2 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5.3 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5.4 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5.5 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5.6 Yes
Application libav libav 0.5.7 Yes
Application libav libav 0.6 Yes
Application libav libav 0.6.1 Yes
Application libav libav 0.6.2 Yes
Application libav libav 0.6.3 Yes
Application libav libav 0.6.4 Yes
Application libav libav 0.6.5 Yes
Application libav libav 0.7 Yes
Application libav libav 0.7.1 Yes
Application libav libav 0.7.2 Yes
Application libav libav 0.7.3 Yes
Application libav libav 0.7.4 Yes
Application libav libav 0.8 Yes
Application libav libav 0.8 Yes
References