CVE-2012-2789 Denial of service in n/a
A vulnerability in FFmpeg's AVI parser allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted files with excessive vector coded coefficients.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2789?
CVE-2012-2789 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 10 Sep 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in the avi_read_packet function in libavformat/avidec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a large number of vector coded coefficients (num_vec_coeffs).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2789?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, Libav Libav.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2789?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-2789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as GHSA-772j-8vvr-w4hx.