Unscored severity · published Aug 20, 2012
CVE-2012-0853
The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.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…
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CVSS
4.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.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 (infinite loop and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in an Atrac 3 file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.3% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FF
Ffmpeg · Ffmpeg
0.7; 0.7.1; 0.7.2; 0.7.3; 0.7.6; 0.7.7; +11 more · source: NVD
LI
Libav · Libav
0.5; 0.5.1; 0.5.2; 0.5.3; 0.5.4; 0.5.5; +17 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0853
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0853
Exploit
http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/780
git.libav.org
http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c509f4f74713b035a06f79cb4d00e708f5226bc5
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9af6abdc17deb95c9b1f1d9242ba49b8b5e0b016
git.videolan.org
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c509f4f74713b035a06f79cb4d00e708f5226bc5
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/49089
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4
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