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CVE-2012-0851

N/A

Published: August 20, 2012 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsFFMPEGLibav

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

FFMPEG · Ffmpeg

95%

v ≤ 0.90.7.1 0.7.11 0.7.12 0.7.2 0.7.7 0.7.8 0.7.9 0.8.10 0.8.11 0.8.5 0.8.6 0.8.7 0.8.8

95%

0.5 0.5.1 0.5.2 0.5.3 0.5.4 0.5.5 0.5.6 0.5.7 0.6 0.6.1 0.6.2 0.6.3 0.6.4 0.6.5 0.7 0.7.1 0.7.2 0.7.3 0.7.4 0.7.5 0.8 0.8 beta2 0.8.1 0.8.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://ffmpeg.org/security.html

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7fff64e00d886fde11d61958888c82b461cf99b9

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://libav.org/

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Source: [email protected]

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

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA

Source: [email protected]

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

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

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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