CVE-2012-2803 Use after free in n/a

Critical 10.0 Published Updated

A double free vulnerability in FFmpeg's MPEG decoder allows for potential memory corruption with unknown impact, requiring an upgrade to patched versions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not stated
Attackable
Not stated
Victim action needed
Not stated
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2012-2803?

CVE-2012-2803 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 10 Sep 2012.

Official description

Double free vulnerability in the mpeg_decode_frame function in libavcodec/mpeg12.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to resetting the data size value.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2803?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, Libav Libav.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2803?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2012-2803 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2803 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Ffmpeg Ffmpeg vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2803, GHSA-v98x-wm9v-cm22.

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