CVE-2012-0947

Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x…

published August 20, 2012

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
91.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x before 0.7.6, and 0.8.x before 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted VQA media file in which the image size is not a multiple of the block size.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04686 · 91.7th percentile
Published
2012-08-20T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 AUG 18:00Z
    Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA codec (vqavideo.c) in libavcodec in Libav 0.5.x before 0.5.9, 0.6.x before 0.6.6, 0.7.x…
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