CVE-2012-2796

N/A Unknown
Published: September 10, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the vc1_decode_frame function in libavcodec/vc1dec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 and Libav 0.8.x before 0.8.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to inconsistencies in "coded slice positions and interlacing" that trigger "out of array writes."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5e59a77cec804a9b44c60ea22c17beba6453ef23
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/51257
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5e59a77cec804a9b44c60ea22c17beba6453ef23
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/51257
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.9%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

ffmpeg libav