CVE-2012-0947

Published Aug 20, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 4.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2471-1 ffmpeg security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0970 Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1478-1 Libav vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1479-1 FFmpeg vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 6:45 PM
Reserved
Feb 1, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 20, 2012, 6:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:38 PM