CVE-2012-0859
The render_line function in the vorbis codec (vorbis.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
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- redhat
Description
The render_line function in the vorbis codec (vorbis.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Vorbis file, related to a large multiplier. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-3893.
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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- USN-1479-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120214 Re: CVE Requests for FFmpeg 0.9.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ffmpeg-renderline-code-exec(78925) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fcf2bb8af0e7d6bb179e71e67e5fab8ef0d2ec2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- 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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