Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2012-2804
Published: September 11, 2012 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43576
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-2012-2804
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 libavcodec/indeo3.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 and Libav 0.8.x before 0.8.5 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "reallocation code" and the luma height and width.
Affected software
FFmpeg
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2804
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=4a80ebe491609e04110a1dd540a0ca79d3be3d04
- 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