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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2796

Original release date:09/10/2012

Last revised:02/07/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in the vc1_decode_frame function in libavcodec/vc1dec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 and Libav 0.8.x before 0.8.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to inconsistencies in "coded slice positions and interlacing" that trigger "out of array writes."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

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 unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: BID

Name: 55355

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120902 Re: Information on security issues fixed in ffmpeg 0.11?

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120831 Information on security issues fixed in ffmpeg 0.11?

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50468

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50468

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog

Hyperlink:http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=5e59a77cec804a9b44c60ea22c17beba6453ef23

Hyperlink:http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=5e59a77cec804a9b44c60ea22c17beba6453ef23

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.10

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.9.1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.9

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.5

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4.6

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.4.5

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.4

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5.4

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5.2

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.2

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.5

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6.1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.12

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.0

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.11

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.2

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.6

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.8

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9_pre1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.5

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.2

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.6

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.7

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.8

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.8.10

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.6

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.7

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.8

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.9

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.7.11

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.9:pre1

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.7

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.6

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.4

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.0

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.2

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.3.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.4

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.5

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.2

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.4.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.10.3

* cpe:/a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:0.10.4 and previous versions

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Insufficient Information (NVD-CWE-noinfo)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2796