CVE-2012-0859

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

Description

The render_line function in the vorbis codec (vorbis.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Vorbis file, related to a large multiplier. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3893.

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-2012-0859

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

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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