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CVE-2012-2801: Unspecified vulnerability in libavcodec/avs.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x…

CVE-2012-2801 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Libav. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

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."

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Libav: 0.8; 0.8 beta2; 0.8.1; 0.8.2; 0.8.3; 0.7; 0.7 beta1; 0.7 beta2; 0.7.1; 0.7.2; 0.7.3; 0.7.4
  • Ffmpeg: up to and including 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

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