CVE-2012-6616 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via crafted 3GPP data in FFmpeg's mov_text decoder, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-6616?
CVE-2012-6616 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg, published on 24 Dec 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The mov_text_decode_frame function in libavcodec/movtextdec.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted 3GPP TS 26.245 data.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6616?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ffmpeg Ffmpeg.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6616?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6616 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-2012-6616 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6616 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ffmpeg Ffmpeg
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq8h-cfgh-9xpj, UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6616.