Resource management error in FFmpeg - CVE-2012-2803
Published: September 11, 2012 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43575
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-2012-2803
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Double free vulnerability in the mpeg_decode_frame function in libavcodec/mpeg12.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to resetting the data size value.
Affected software
FFmpeg
Ubuntu
libavformat52 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec52 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
libavformat52 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec52 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2803
Install update from vendor's website.
FFmpeg - update to 0.11
libavformat52 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
libavcodec52 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
libavformat52 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
libavcodec52 (Ubuntu package) - update to 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.3
External References
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=951cbea56fdc03ef96d07fbd7e5bed755d42ac8a
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.7.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.5.changelog
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
- 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
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1706-1