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CVE-2012-0947

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

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6.8
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec 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 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size.

Affected (25)

Products: Libav: Libav
Libav
1 product
Libav
Configuration A
25 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Libav
Libav
Version 0.5.1
Libav
Version 0.5.2
Libav
Version 0.5.3
Libav
Version 0.5.4
Libav
Version 0.5.5
Libav
Version 0.5.6
Libav
Version 0.5.7
Libav
Version 0.5
Libav
Version 0.6.1
Libav
Version 0.6.2
Libav
Version 0.6.3
Libav
Version 0.6.4
Libav
Version 0.6.5
Libav
Version 0.6
Libav
Version 0.7.1
Libav
Version 0.7.2
Libav
Version 0.7.3
Libav
Version 0.7.4
Libav
Version 0.7.5
Libav
Version 0.7
Libav
Version 0.7 beta1
Libav
Version 0.7 beta2
Libav
Version 0.8.1
Libav
Version 0.8
Libav
Version 0.8 beta2

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (16)

Source: security@ubuntu.com
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Exploit
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

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