Input validation error in FFmpeg - CVE-2012-2787
Published: September 11, 2012 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43588
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-2012-2787
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_frame function in libavcodec/indeo4.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 and Libav 0.8.x before 0.8.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to the "setup width/height."
Affected software
FFmpeg
Ubuntu
libavformat53 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec53 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
libavformat53 (Ubuntu package)
libavcodec53 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2787
Install update from vendor's website.
FFmpeg - update to 0.11
libavformat53 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 6:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
libavcodec53 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 6:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
libavformat53 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 6:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
libavcodec53 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1, 6:0.8.4-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
External References
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=01bf2ad7351fdaa2e21b6bdf963d22d6ffccb920
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.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