CVE-2012-6618 (GCVE-0-2012-6618)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-12-24 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/1991 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=Ch… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51964 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2012-12-04 00:00
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