CVE-2012-5361 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMV file.

Published: 2017-03-20

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ffmpeg:ffmpeg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5282	Libavcodec in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMV file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01861.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56112
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/VulnerabilityResearchAdvisories/2012/msvr12-017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79405
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/msvr12-017
https://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

History

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Subscriptions

Ffmpeg Ffmpeg

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-20T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:46.718Z

Reserved: 2012-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5361

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-20T16:59:00.217

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2012-5361

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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