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CVE-2012-2802
Unspecified vulnerability in the ac3_decode_frame function in libavcodec/ac3dec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 and Libav 0.8.x before 0.8.4 has…
High10.0EPSS 2.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the ac3_decode_frame function in libavcodec/ac3dec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 and Libav 0.8.x before 0.8.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to the "number of output channels" and "out of array writes."
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 4 months later
· 4 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% 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: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20120902 Re: Information on security issues fixed in ffmpeg 0.11? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.5.changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120831 Information on security issues fixed in ffmpeg 0.11? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2c22701c371c2f3dea21fcdbb97c981939fb77af (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1705-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 50468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 51257 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
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- 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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