CVE-2013-0873

critical
Published 2013-11-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The read_header function in libavcodec/shorten.c in FFmpeg before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via an invalid channel count, related to "freeing invalid addresses."

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-2013-0873

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
ffmpegffmpeg0.11
ffmpegffmpeg{"endIncluding":"1.1.2"}
ffmpegffmpeg0.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.3.1
ffmpegffmpeg0.3.2
ffmpegffmpeg0.3.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.3.4
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.0
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.2
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.4
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.5
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.6
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.7
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.8
ffmpegffmpeg0.4.9
ffmpegffmpeg0.5
ffmpegffmpeg0.5.1
ffmpegffmpeg0.5.2
ffmpegffmpeg0.5.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.5.4
ffmpegffmpeg0.5.4.5
ffmpegffmpeg0.5.4.6
ffmpegffmpeg0.6
ffmpegffmpeg0.6.1
ffmpegffmpeg0.6.2
ffmpegffmpeg0.6.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.7
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.1
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.2
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.4
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.5
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.6
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.7
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.8
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.9
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.11
ffmpegffmpeg0.7.12
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.0
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.1
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.2
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.5
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.5.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.5.4
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.6
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.7
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.8
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.10
ffmpegffmpeg0.8.11
ffmpegffmpeg0.9
ffmpegffmpeg0.9.1
ffmpegffmpeg0.10
ffmpegffmpeg0.10.3
ffmpegffmpeg0.10.4
ffmpegffmpeg1.0
ffmpegffmpeg1.1
ffmpegffmpeg1.1.1

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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