FKIE_CVE-2012-0847

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-20 19:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:38
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the avfilter_filter_samples function in libavfilter/avfilter.c in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted media file.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://ffmpeg.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ae21776207e8a2bbe268e7c9e203f7599dd87ddb
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/11
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ffmpeg.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ae21776207e8a2bbe268e7c9e203f7599dd87ddb
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/01/11
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ffmpeg ffmpeg *
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.1
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.2
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.7
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.8
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.9
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.11
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.7.12
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.5
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.6
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.7
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.8
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.10
ffmpeg ffmpeg 0.8.11
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