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FFmpeg: CVE-2012-0853: Improper Input Validation

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FFmpeg: CVE-2012-0853: Improper Input Validation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/20/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/29/2017
Modified
10/11/2017

Description

The decodeTonalComponents function in the Actrac3 codec (atrac3.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12, and 0.8.x before 0.8.11; and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large component count in an Atrac 3 file.

Solution(s)

  • ffmpeg-upgrade-0_7_12
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-0_8_11
  • ffmpeg-upgrade-0_9_1

References

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