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GHSA-H5FF-8R22-QWVC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:17 – Updated: 2025-04-11 04:00

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the MPV_frame_start function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 0.9.1, when the lowres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted H263 media file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a regression error.

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CVE-2012-0856 (GCVE-0-2012-0856)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-20 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:38

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/ticket/757	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/14/4	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://ffmpeg.org/security.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2011-12-14 00:00

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GHSA-H5FF-8R22-QWVC

CVE-2012-0856 (GCVE-0-2012-0856)

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