CVE-2012-0947
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119
Buffer Errors
Publication date:
20/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:libav:libav:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D58b2e0f0f2fc96c1158e04f8aba95cbe6157a1a3
- 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
- http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3D58b2e0f0f2fc96c1158e04f8aba95cbe6157a1a3
- 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



