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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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".
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.34% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- ffmpeg/ffmpeg · libav/libav
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://ffmpeg.org/Vendor Advisory
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98
- http://libav.org/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1
- http://ffmpeg.org/Vendor Advisory
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98
- http://libav.org/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.