SB2025060806 - Input validation error in FFmpeg
Published: June 8, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025060806
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2801)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Unspecified vulnerability in libavcodec/avs.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to dimensions and "out of array writes."
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
- http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=1df49142bab1b7bccd11392aa9e819e297d21a6e
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.7.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.4.changelog
- http://libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.5.changelog
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51257
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:079
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1705-1