CVE-2012-6618

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    CVE-2012-6618

    Published: 24 Dec 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The av_probe_input_buffer function in libavformat/utils.c in FFmpeg before 1.0.2, when running with certain -probesize values, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted MP3 file, possibly related to frame size or lack of sufficient "frames to estimate rate."

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/51964, https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/1991, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.user/42233, http://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=Changelog%3Bhb=refs/tags/v9.11, http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e74cd2f4706f71da5e9205003c1d8263b54ed3fb, http://www.ffmpeg.org/security.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High