CVE-2012-0947 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-0947

Heap-based buffer overflow in the vqa_decode_chunk function in the VQA...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

libav
Vulnerable Versions:
0.5, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3, 0.5.4, 0.5.5, 0.5.6, 0.5.7, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 0.7.4, 0.7.5, 0.8, 0.8.1

Timeline

Official Publish: August 20th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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