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CVE-2012-0858

Published: 14 February 2012

The Shorten codec (shorten.c) in libavcodec in FFmpeg 0.7.x before 0.7.12 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11, and in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.5, and 0.8.x before 0.8.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Shorten file, related to an "invalid free".

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
as of 2012-05-22, no equivalent fix in ffmpeg 0.5.x

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
ffmpeg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98
upstream: http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=9e5e2c2d010c05c10337e9c1ec9d0d61495e0c9c (related)


ffmpeg-extra
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

libav
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty
Released (4:0.6.6-0ubuntu0.11.04.1)
oneiric
Released (4:0.7.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.1)
precise Not vulnerable
(4:0.8.1-0ubuntu1)
upstream
Released (0.6.6,0.7.5,0.8.1)
Patches:


upstream: http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=204cb29b3c84a74cbcd059d353c70c8bdc567d98
upstream: http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=commit;h=9e5e2c2d010c05c10337e9c1ec9d0d61495e0c9c (related)
libav-extra
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

natty
Released
oneiric
Released
precise Not vulnerable
(4:0.8.1ubuntu1)
upstream Needs triage