Description
Buffer overflow in the Sierra VMD decoder in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.5.x before 0.5.7, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, 0.7.x before 0.7.9 and 0.8.x before 0.8.8; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.6, 0.6.x before 0.6.4, and 0.7.x before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VMD file, related to corrupted streams.
References (12)
Core 12
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://ffmpeg.org/
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.6.4.changelog
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:076
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1320-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:074
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:075
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://libav.org/
Various Sources vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1333-1
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.5.6.changelog
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.3.changelog
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0cbe36b18ab3eb13a53fe684ec1f63a00df2c86
Scores
EPSS
0.0294
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (38)
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.5
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.5.1
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.5.2
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.5.3
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.5.4
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.5.5
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.6
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.6.1
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.6.2
ffmpeg/ffmpeg
0.6.3
... and 28 more
Published
Aug 20, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026