CVE-2012-6615

Published Dec 24, 2013

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The ff_ass_split_override_codes function in libavcodec/ass_split.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a subtitle dialog without text.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Social media

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Evaluator

Comment
Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html "CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference" AC:M for notation of file in bug report " ffmpeg crashes reproducibly when converting files with some subtitles. i've seen the crash with self-compiled ffmpeg 1.0 as well as the Mac OS X binary (linked to from the hompage) for 1.0.1. download the sample file: ?https://dl.dropbox.com/u/7221986/ffmpeg-bug.mkv"
Impact
-
Solution
-

Configurations