CVE-2012-2803 Use after free in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2803, GHSA-v98x-wm9v-cm22.