National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2774
Original release date:09/10/2012
Last revised:04/19/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The ff_MPV_frame_start function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, related to starting "a frame outside SETUP state."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=59a4b73531428d2f420b4dad545172c8483ced0f
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 55355
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120902 Re: Information on security issues fixed in ffmpeg 0.11?
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20120831 Information on security issues fixed in ffmpeg 0.11?
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 50468
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://ffmpeg.org/security.html