CVE-2012-0851

medium
Published 2012-08-20 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The ff_h264_decode_seq_parameter_set function in h264_ps.c in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted H.264 file, related to the chroma_format_idc value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0851

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://libav.org/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/758

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debiansidfixed7:2.4.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed7:2.4.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"0.9"}
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.1
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.2
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.7
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.8
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.9
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.11
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.12
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.5
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.6
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.7
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.8
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.10
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.11
libavlibav0.5
libavlibav0.5.1
libavlibav0.5.2
libavlibav0.5.3
libavlibav0.5.4
libavlibav0.5.5
libavlibav0.5.6
libavlibav0.5.7
libavlibav0.6
libavlibav0.6.1
libavlibav0.6.2
libavlibav0.6.3
libavlibav0.6.4
libavlibav0.6.5
libavlibav0.7
libavlibav0.7.1
libavlibav0.7.2
libavlibav0.7.3
libavlibav0.7.4
libavlibav0.7.5
libavlibav0.8
libavlibav0.8.1
libavlibav0.8.2

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.