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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in FFmpeg 1.0/1.0.1. The affected element is the function mov_text_decode_frame. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-6616. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in FFmpeg 1.0/1.0.1 (Multimedia Processing Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function mov_text_decode_frame. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The issue has been introduced in 09/28/2012. The weakness was published 12/24/2013 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is shared at git.videolan.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-6616 since 12/24/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 452 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.videolan.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (93242†) and Secunia (SA51964†). Similar entries are available at VDB-7503, VDB-8655, VDB-8656 and VDB-8658. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Multimedia Processing Software

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• FFmpeg

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• 1.0
• 1.0.1

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• open-source

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• Product: https://ffmpeg.org/

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