National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0851

Overview

The ff_h264_decode_seq_parameter_set function in h264_ps.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 and 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 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 file, related to the chroma_format_idc value.

Impact

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External Source: XF

Name: ffmpeg-ffh264decode-code-exec(78933)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78933

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1479-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120214 Re: CVE Requests for FFmpeg 0.9.1

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2494

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2494

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://libav.org/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://libav.org/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=7fff64e00d886fde11d61958888c82b461cf99b9

Hyperlink:http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=7fff64e00d886fde11d61958888c82b461cf99b9

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/758

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/758

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://ffmpeg.org/security.html

Hyperlink:http://ffmpeg.org/security.html