CVE-2012-2803: ffmpeg Resource Management Errors
CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-2803
Published 10-09-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-2803 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ffmpeg. EPSS estimates a 3.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)EPSS score
3.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 10-09-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Double free vulnerability in the mpeg_decode_frame function in libavcodec/mpeg12.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.5, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to resetting the data size value.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionHigh 10.0Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
3.33%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.33% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score3.33%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- ffmpeg< 7:2.4.1-1
Ffmpeg1 product
- ffmpegEOL≤ 0.10.4 | 0.3 | 0.3.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.3.4 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.4.4 | 0.4.5 | 0.4.6 | 0.4.7 | 0.4.8 | 0.4.9 | 0.4.9:pre1 | 0.5 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.5.4.5 | 0.5.4.6 | 0.6 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | 0.6.3 | 0.7 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.7.4 | 0.7.5 | 0.7.6 | 0.7.7 | 0.7.8 | 0.7.9 | 0.7.11 | 0.7.12 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.8.5 | 0.8.5.3 | 0.8.5.4 | 0.8.6 | 0.8.7 | 0.8.8 | 0.8.10 | 0.8.11 | 0.9 | 0.9.1 | 0.10 | 0.10.3
Libav1 product
- libav0.8 | 0.8:beta2 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.8.3 | 0.8.4 | 0.7 | 0.7:beta1 | 0.7:beta2 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.7.4 | 0.7.5 | 0.7.6
3 vendors · 3 products
References
11 links- libav.org/releases/libav-0.8.5.changelogX Refsource CONFIRM
- ffmpeg.org/security.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- libav.org/releases/libav-0.7.7.changelogX Refsource CONFIRM