CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-0851

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2012-08-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-08-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The ff_h264_decode_seq_parameter_set function in h264_ps.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 file, related to the chroma_format_idc value.

Affected configurations

• ffmpeg ffmpeg (<= 0.9) • 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 • libav libav 0.5 • libav libav 0.5.1 • libav libav 0.5.2 • libav libav 0.5.3 • libav libav 0.5.4 • libav libav 0.5.5 • libav libav 0.5.6 • libav libav 0.5.7 • libav libav 0.6 • libav libav 0.6.1 • libav libav 0.6.2 • libav libav 0.6.3 • libav libav 0.6.4 • libav libav 0.6.5 • libav libav 0.7 • libav libav 0.7.1 • libav libav 0.7.2 • libav libav 0.7.3 • libav libav 0.7.4 • libav libav 0.7.5 • libav libav 0.8 • libav libav 0.8.1 • libav libav 0.8.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References