CVE-2012-2774

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The ff_MPV_frame_start function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, related to starting "a frame outside SETUP state."

Affected products

FFmpeg: through 0.10.4; 0.3, 0.3.1, 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.3.4, 0.4.0 (+47)

References

http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=59a4b73531428d2f420b4dad545172c8483ced0f
http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355
http://ffmpeg.org/security.html
http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=59a4b73531428d2f420b4dad545172c8483ced0f
http://secunia.com/advisories/50468
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/02/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55355

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