CVE-2012-0858

Published: Aug 20, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

The Shorten codec (shorten.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Shorten file, related to an "invalid free".

Affected (33)

Products: Ffmpeg: Ffmpeg · Libav: Libav

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

7 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.7.11
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.7.1
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.7.2
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.7.6
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.7.7
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.7.8
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.7.9

Configuration B

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.8.10
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.8.5
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.8.6
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.8.7
Ffmpeg Ffmpeg	Version 0.8.8

Configuration C

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libav Libav	Version 0.5.1
Libav Libav	Version 0.5.2
Libav Libav	Version 0.5.3
Libav Libav	Version 0.5.4
Libav Libav	Version 0.5.5
Libav Libav	Version 0.5.6
Libav Libav	Version 0.5.7
Libav Libav	Version 0.5

Configuration D

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libav Libav	Version 0.6.1
Libav Libav	Version 0.6.2
Libav Libav	Version 0.6.3
Libav Libav	Version 0.6.4
Libav Libav	Version 0.6.5
Libav Libav	Version 0.6

Configuration E

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libav Libav	Version 0.7.1
Libav Libav	Version 0.7.2
Libav Libav	Version 0.7.3
Libav Libav	Version 0.7.4
Libav Libav	Version 0.7

Configuration F

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Libav Libav	Version 0.8
Libav Libav	Version 0.8 beta2

Related CWEs

References (12)

http://ffmpeg.org/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://libav.org/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://ffmpeg.org/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://libav.org/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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