CVE-2013-0851: Buffer Overflow

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2013-0851?

CVE-2013-0851 is considered to have a medium severity due to the potential for exploitation through crafted video data.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2013-0851?

To fix CVE-2013-0851, upgrade to FFmpeg version 1.1 or later, which includes the required security patches.

Q: What software is affected by CVE-2013-0851?

CVE-2013-0851 affects multiple versions of FFmpeg prior to version 1.1, including versions from 0.3 to 0.10.4.

Q: What type of attack does CVE-2013-0851 facilitate?

CVE-2013-0851 facilitates a remote code execution attack via out-of-bounds array access due to crafted video data.

Q: Is CVE-2013-0851 still a threat if I'm running the latest version of FFmpeg?

If you are running the latest version of FFmpeg, CVE-2013-0851 is not a threat as it has been patched in versions 1.1 and above.

Published Dec 7, 2013

Updated

The decodeframe function in libavcodec/eamad.c in FFmpeg before 1.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted Electronic Arts Madcow video data, which triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

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=63ac64864c6e0e84355aa3caa5b92208997a9a8d

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-2013-0851?

CVE-2013-0851 is considered to have a medium severity due to the potential for exploitation through crafted video data.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0851?