FFmpeg denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in FFmpeg. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-2785. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg (Multimedia Processing Software) (the affected version is unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 have unknown impact and attack vectors, related to (1) "some subframes only encode some channels" or (2) a large order value.

The weakness was presented 09/10/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2785 since 05/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70647 (GLSA-201310-12 : FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78490), Tenable (70647), SecurityFocus (BID 55355†), Secunia (SA36760†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44229†). See VDB-5510, VDB-9123, VDB-9124 and VDB-9125 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 70647
Nessus Name: GLSA-201310-12 : FFmpeg: Multiple vulnerabilities
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: 326f7a68bbd429c63fd2f19f4050658982b5b081

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09/16/2009 🔍
05/19/2012 +976 days 🔍
06/07/2012 +19 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +334 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: ffmpeg.org

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2785 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2785
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62213
X-Force: 78490
SecurityFocus: 55355
Secunia: 36760 - FFmpeg "vmd_read_header()" Integer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 44229 - FFmpeg <0.11 Unspecified Remote Vulnerability in wmalosslessdec.c, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/13/2021 14:40
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (55), 05/26/2017 03:45 (6), 12/13/2021 14:39 (4), 12/13/2021 14:40 (1)
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