CVE-2012-0947

Publication date 3 May 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ffmpeg 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 4:0.5.9-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
ffmpeg-extra 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libav 12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4:0.7.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 4:0.6.6-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libav-extra 12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4:0.8.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 4:0.7.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
11.04 natty
Fixed 4:0.6.6-0ubuntu0.11.04.1
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

Independently discovered in ffmpeg by Mateusz Jurczyk and Gynvael Coldwind

mdeslaur

as of 2012-05-22, no fix in libav 0.6.x

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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