Buffer overflow in FFmpeg - CVE-2012-6618
Published: December 24, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42206
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6618
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
FFmpeg
FFmpeg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The av_probe_input_buffer function in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2, when running with certain -probesize values, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted MP3 file, possibly related to frame size or lack of sufficient "frames to estimate rate."
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6618
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.user/42233
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v9.11
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=e74cd2f4706f71da5e9205003c1d8263b54ed3fb
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51964
- http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html
- https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/1991