CVE-2013-0849: Input Validation

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2013-0849?

CVE-2013-0849 is rated as a potential risk as it allows remote attackers to exploit crafted width or height dimensions in id RoQ video data.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2013-0849?

To fix CVE-2013-0849, upgrade to FFmpeg version 1.1 or later, which addresses the vulnerability.

Q: What software is affected by CVE-2013-0849?

CVE-2013-0849 affects various versions of FFmpeg prior to version 1.1.

Q: What type of attack does CVE-2013-0849 facilitate?

CVE-2013-0849 facilitates potential remote code execution attacks through specially crafted video files.

Q: Can I mitigate CVE-2013-0849 without upgrading?

Mitigating CVE-2013-0849 without an upgrade is difficult; it's strongly recommended to update to the latest version of FFmpeg.

Published Dec 7, 2013

Updated

The roqdecodeinit function in libavcodec/roqvideodec.c in FFmpeg before 1.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted (1) width or (2) height dimension that is not a multiple of sixteen in id RoQ video data.

Affected Software

55 affected components

FFmpeg FFmpeg<=1.0

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-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

FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.10.4

FFmpeg FFmpeg=0.11

Remediation

Patch Available

http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=3ae610451170cd5a28b33950006ff0bd23036845

Event History

Dec 7, 2013

CVE Published

via MITRE·09:00 PM

Data Sourced

via MITRE·09:00 PM

Description

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0849?

CVE-2013-0849 is rated as a potential risk as it allows remote attackers to exploit crafted width or height dimensions in id RoQ video data.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0849?