Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2012-2798
Published: September 11, 2012 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43570
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2798
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Unspecified vulnerability in the decode_dds1 function in libavcodec/dfa.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to an "out of array write."
Affected software
FFmpeg
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2798
Install update from vendor's website.
FFmpeg - update to 0.11
External References
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=72b9537d8886f679494651df517dfed9b420cf1f
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.7.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.5.changelog
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51257
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1705-1