CVE-2012-2800: Critical severity Libav Libav vulnerability

Published Sep 10, 2012
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Updated

Unspecified vulnerability in the ffiviprocessemptytile function in libavcodec/ivicommon.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors in which the "tile size ... mismatches parameters" and triggers "writing into a too small array."

Affected Software

68 affected components
Libav Libav=0.8
Libav Libav=0.8-beta2
Libav Libav=0.8.1
Libav Libav=0.8.2
Libav Libav=0.8.3
FFmpeg FFmpeg<=0.10.4
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.3
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.3.1
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.3.2
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.3.3
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.3.4
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.0
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.2
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.3
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.4
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.5
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.6
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.7
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.8
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.9
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.4.9-pre1
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=0.5.4.5
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.5.4.6
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.6
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.6.1
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.6.2
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.6.3
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.7
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.7.1
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.7.2
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.7.3
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.7.4
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.7.5
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.7.6
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=0.8.0
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.8.1
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.8.2
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.8.5
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.8.5.3
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.8.5.4
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
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.9
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.9.1
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.10
FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.10.3
Libav Libav=0.7
Libav Libav=0.7-beta1
Libav Libav=0.7-beta2
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=0.7.6

Event History

Sep 10, 2012
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2800?

The severity of CVE-2012-2800 has not been clearly defined, indicating an unspecified risk.

2

How do I fix CVE-2012-2800?

To fix CVE-2012-2800, update to FFmpeg version 0.11 or later and Libav versions 0.7.7 or 0.8.4.

3

What software is affected by CVE-2012-2800?

CVE-2012-2800 affects FFmpeg versions up to 0.10.4 and Libav versions 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4.

4

What impact can CVE-2012-2800 have?

CVE-2012-2800 can potentially lead to memory corruption due to mismatched parameters in the ff_ivi_process_empty_tile function.

5

Is there a known exploit for CVE-2012-2800?

There is currently no publicly available exploit known for CVE-2012-2800.

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