CVE-2012-0823 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via corrupt input or specific decoding sequences in the VP8 Codec SDK library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-0823?
CVE-2012-0823 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VP8 Codec SDK (libvpx) before 1.0.0 "Duclair" allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via (1) unspecified "corrupt input" or (2) by "starting decoding from a P-frame," which triggers an out-of-bounds read, related to "the clamping of motion vectors in SPLITMV blocks".
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0823?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webmproject Libvpx.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0823?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2012-0823 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0823 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0823, GHSA-95hq-f353-7fq8.