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CVE-2012-0848
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ws_snd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/ws-snd1.c in FFmpeg 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ws_snd_decode_frame function in libavcodec/ws-snd1.c in FFmpeg 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted media file, related to an incorrect calculation, aka "wrong samples count."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20120214 Re: CVE Requests for FFmpeg 0.9.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5257743aee0c3982f0079e6553aabc6aa39401d2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ffmpeg-wssnddecodeframe-bo(78936) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120201 Re: CVE Requests for FFmpeg 0.9.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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