UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6618

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6618

    Published: 24 Dec 2013Last Modified: 29 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6618

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6618, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6618

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libav

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libav?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6:0.8.7-1ubuntu2

    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