CVE-2012-2799

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in libavcodec/wmalosslessdec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to the "put bit buffer when num_saved_bits is reset."

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=64bd7f8e4db1742e86c5ed02bd530688b74063e3
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=64bd7f8e4db1742e86c5ed02bd530688b74063e3
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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