CVE-2012-0947
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec 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 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0947
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 7:2.4.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 7:2.4.1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7:2.4.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7:2.4.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 7:2.4.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libav | libav | 0.5 | |
| libav | libav | 0.5.1 | |
| libav | libav | 0.5.2 | |
| libav | libav | 0.5.3 | |
| libav | libav | 0.5.4 | |
| libav | libav | 0.5.5 | |
| libav | libav | 0.5.6 | |
| libav | libav | 0.5.7 | |
| libav | libav | 0.6 | |
| libav | libav | 0.6.1 | |
| libav | libav | 0.6.2 | |
| libav | libav | 0.6.3 | |
| libav | libav | 0.6.4 | |
| libav | libav | 0.6.5 | |
| libav | libav | 0.7 | |
| libav | libav | 0.7.1 | |
| libav | libav | 0.7.2 | |
| libav | libav | 0.7.3 | |
| libav | libav | 0.7.4 | |
| libav | libav | 0.7.5 | |
| libav | libav | 0.8 | |
| libav | libav | 0.8.1 | |
References
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=58b2e0f0f2fc96c1158e04f8aba95cbe6157a1a3
- http://libav.org/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49089
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2471
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/03/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53389
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1479-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/980963
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0947
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.